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RE: Java & signed applets




Well,that day is not all that far off, when there is trusted h/w, or trusted components, on the desktop.
This will be the usual two-edged sword ....

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From: 	Lyal Collins[SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: 	Thursday, May 16, 1996 8:02 AM
To: 	E. ALLEN SMITH
Cc: 	[email protected]
Subject: 	Re: Java & signed applets

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).
So, in geneal - ho hum - until trusted hardware is available on the 
desktop.
lyal
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