At 06:59 AM 10/17/95 UTC, jerry the golden retriever wrote:
A security feature in Java scans for viruses before activating the applet.
I hope that this is false. Even if one had genuine artificial intelligence, it would be impossible to detect all viruses, only particular viruses and classes of virus. If Java is secure, virus scanning should be unnecessary, indeed impossible, because there could be no code configuration capable of acting as a virus. If virus scanning occurs, then it is possible to write a virus in Java, then Java is inherently insecure. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | We have the right to defend ourselves | http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ and our property, because of the kind | of animals that we are. True law | James A. Donald derives from this right, not from the | arbitrary power of the state. | jamesd@echeque.com