The shadowy figure took form and announced "I am "Perry E. Metzger" and I say . ..
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)...
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.
Well beta2 is heaps better than beta1, I can still crash beta2 with or without java under win3, sgi, solaris and alpha but it has to be used for a longer and few crashes are repeatable. Plus lots of new gizmos, the certificate authority interface (thanks Jeff). I've got to note just one thing -- what about the Netscape LiveScript language? is it opening up the same security can of worms as java? I realise that it provides functionality specific to browsing only (no network/files) but the potential for bugs when you add another language must increase. -- <URL:http://www.comp.vuw.ac.nz/~matt> |~ |~ |~ o| o| ('< o| ,',) ''<< ---""---