Java
Adam Shostack
adam at homeport.org
Tue Oct 10 07:29:30 PDT 1995
| I'd like to make this prediction: someone at some point in time
| will find another serious security hole in SendMail.
|
| What you need to ask yourself is "Do the benefits of Java
| outweigh the security risks?"
A substantial risk that Java carries is that its 'secure'
label will get in through doors which should have remained closed to
it. I would be worried about Java capable browsers in the Federal
Reserve, because people will say 'its nifty, its labeled secure, lets
use it.'
I think there are some interesting liability models waiting to
be explored here.
Adam
--
"It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once."
-Hume
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