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Re: Java & signed applets

To: Lyal Collins <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Java & signed applets
From: Simon Spero <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 14:18:48 -0400 (EDT)
cc: "E. ALLEN SMITH" <[email protected]>, [email protected]
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On Thu, 16 May 1996, Lyal Collins wrote:

> Signing anything is somewaht a waste of time, unless the verification
> siftware is highly trusted, and there is good intergity/authenticity
> control of the root public key(s).

The verification software is simple enough to be quite highly trusted, 
and if the privilege model is stupid enough, it too can be quickly 
verified. The trickiest part of the process is  making sure that you 
don't sign any code you're not prepared to vouch for...

Simon

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- Re: Java & signed applets
  - From: Lyal Collins <[email protected]>

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