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    <p>Hi David &amp; Richard,<b><br>
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    <p><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><b>JDK 11 build 28 is
          our first JDK 11 Release Candidate [1]<br>
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            build 28 is available at : - jdk.java.net/11/</span></span></li>
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    <p><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><b>JDK 12 Early Access
          build 10 is available at : - jdk.java.net/12/</b></span></p>
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    <p><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><b>FOSS bug fixes in
          recent builds.</b></span></p>
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            style="mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Apache
            Ant -  </span></span><a
          href="https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8209965"><span
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              style="mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New
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    <p><b>Other important fixes in JDK 12</b></p>
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      <li>Disabled all DES TLS Cipher Suites <span class="issuelink">(<a
            href="https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8208350">JDK-8208350</a>)</span></li>
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        <li><span class="issuelink">DES-based TLS cipher suites are
            considered obsolete and should no longer be used</span></li>
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    <span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><b> JMC 7.0.0 Early Access
        build 04 is available at :- </b></span><a
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          application Build id from "Help" - "About JDK Mission
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    <p>Rgds, Rory</p>
    <span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal">[1] <a
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href="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2018-August/001844.html">http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2018-August/001844.html</a><br>
      [</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal"><span
        style="color:windowtext">2</span>] </span><a
      href="http://jdk.java.net/12/release-notes"><span
        style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginal">http://jdk.java.net/12/release-notes</span></a><br>
    [3] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
      href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/12">http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/12</a><a
      href="http://jdk.java.net/12/release-notes"><span
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        New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:windowtext">[4]
      </span></span><a
href="https://download.java.net/java/early_access/jmc7/core/common/docs/api/overview-summary.html"><span
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style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times
          New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">https://download.java.net/java/early_access/jmc7/core/common/docs/api/overview-summary.html</span></span></a>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland </pre>
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