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Since I updated to High Sierra, my Java plugins in Safari have stopped working. Now those are required for VPN connection. Apple support says to re-install macOS, but I am not convinced. Also there are some weird bugs popping up.

What really rocks is the copy/paste. It's blazing fast.

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Generally it’s completely safe to just reinstall OS X on top of itself, as long as you have backups. I’ve had to do it a few times over the years and without exception it has booted up correctly afterwards. But if you do power user things (custom kernel extensions, disable system protect, etc.) then of course you’re at a higher risk.

> my Java plugins in Safari have stopped working. Now those are required for VPN connection.

Is it common for VPN access to be handled this way?

What's the advantage over issuing a certificate or just using a username+password?

Yep, there needs to be a client side program to route all the traffic through VPN, isn't it? And while there may be better programs, Java is pretty much I know of as being used in many companies.

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