1995-10-09 - Re: netscape mail starts java attachments upon get new mail…

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From: Rich Salz <rsalz@osf.org>
To: owner-cypherpunks@toad.com
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Message ID: <9510091958.AA23589@sulphur.osf.org>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-10-09 20:01:02 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 9 Oct 95 13:01:02 PDT

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From: Rich Salz <rsalz@osf.org>
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 95 13:01:02 PDT
To: owner-cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: netscape mail starts java attachments upon get new mail...
Message-ID: <9510091958.AA23589@sulphur.osf.org>
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>As far as I know Java apps can only make network connections to the
>IP address they were loaded from.

What part of the state of my machine can they access and send out
to the "home port"?  Can they read /etc/passwd, make NIS requests,
etc?
	/r$





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