CNUT - ancient Java version

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While troubleshooting a CNUT issue, we noticed that CNUT is ignoring the newer installed version of Java for an older, much outdated version.

It appears that CNUT comes prepackaged with SE 6 U 15, which is stored under _jvm of the NetworkUpdater directory.  This is highly concerning from a security standpoint because that version was released in 2009 and Java 6 is scheduled for end of support next month:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history#Java_6_updates

We would like to know:

1.  Is there currently any way to point CNUT to use a newer version of the JVM?

2.  What are the plans to ship an updated JVM with CNUT?

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We were able to get CNUT running on version 1.8 with the below configuration:

1.  In the Network Updater directory, renamed _jvm to something else

2.  Copied the jre1.8.0_191 directory in C:/Program Files(x86)/Java to Network Updater directory and named it _jvm

However, CNUT updates should ship with the latest stable JRE version considering the generous backward compatibility of the platform.  A manual process should not be needed.

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