Jeff Weinstein writes:
All of these security measures are implemented by Netscape in the current release. Specifically, Netscape Navigator 2.0beta2 includes all the applet security precautions detailed in the recent comp.lang.java posting. Netscape has been shipping the fixed applet security model for over a month(since 2.0Beta1), and Netscape and Sun continue to cooperate and work closely on applet security issues.
I've got to note just one thing -- every Netscape 2.0beta2 I've used has been so full of bugs, and so prone to problems, that I have my wonders about what the security code looks like. I know, Jeff, that its all done by different groups -- but the Java stuff I've run in 2.0beta2 is so weirdly different than the supposedly compatible stuff I've run under HotJava -- especially when it comes to crashing (and it HAS crashed on me) that I have serious worries about the security of the thing. I'd say the quality looks very much like an alpha release, not "beta". I don't want to turn this to Javapunks so I won't say more on this topic any time soon -- its already been beaten into the ground. Perry