Greg Miller writes:
On Sun, 8 Oct 1995, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
As long as people are mentioning Java, I just want to make the prediction, one more time, that at some point someone is going to find some devistating security holes in HotJava.
I'd like to make this prediction: someone at some point in time will find another serious security hole in SendMail.
And yet again, my clients will be largely safe because I've dealt, in advance, with most of the possible threats from Sendmail. I can't do that for Java. I will never be able to do that for Java. I don't think you understand the problem here at all.
What you need to ask yourself is "Do the benefits of Java outweigh the security risks?"
And the answer, to me, is "no". Unfortunately, I can't stop it. Perry