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Re: VIRUS ALERT: Java virus that affects Netscape 2.0 & 2.01.
Hype about Java and a move to a policy based security
mechanism are not incompatible. Perry's security model will probably
be NO Java, NO Livescript. Mine might be only Java signed by McAffee
can get more than 3 seconds of CPU time, or access remote network
ports on the server it came from, no other code can run.
Adam
Perry E. Metzger wrote:
| Sadly, Java hype has become a giant industry, and the hype machine
| assures that honesty about Java is going to continue to decline. Java
| has become a major stock booster for Sun and other
| companies. Congenital Java security holes aren't going to get serious
| attention because whether one likes it or not Sun's stock is impacted
| by the whole thing.
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