Originally posted by: paul.brett

A client was asking if the default Java that comes with IBM WebSphere TX 8.4.1.4 was higher than the minimum required version that their security guys had advised, which was 1.7.0_80.

The release notes mention Java 7 SR9 FP30.

When executing the java.exe -version command, the output is:

java version "1.7.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pwi3270sr9fp30-20160112_01(SR9 FP30))
IBM J9 VM (build 2.6, JRE 1.7.0 Windows 7 x86-32 20151222_283043 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
J9VM - R26_Java726_SR9_20151222_1626_B283043
JIT  - tr.r11_20151209_107111.01
GC   - R26_Java726_SR9_20151222_1626_B283043
J9CL - 20151222_283043)
JCL - 20160112_01 based on Oracle jdk7u95-b13

....and it is not immediately obvious if this version is 'compliant' or not.

The important bit for us is the last line:
JCL - 20160112_01 based on Oracle jdk7u95-b13

The 7u95 equates to 1.7.0_95, and is therefore in fact, higher than 1.7.0_80.

I hope this helps out in the future.

Thank-you.

Paul.

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