1996-05-28 - Re: Sun pushing SKIP for intranets and java

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
To: Frank Stuart <fstuart@vetmed.auburn.edu>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-05-28 03:31:27 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 11:31:27 +0800

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 11:31:27 +0800
To: Frank Stuart <fstuart@vetmed.auburn.edu>
Subject: Re: Sun pushing SKIP for intranets and java
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Frank Stuart writes:
> Sun is pushing SKIP for intranets and encrypting/verifying java applets.

If thats true, its a remarkably bad idea. The IP security layer isn't
anywhere near the layer where you should be doing things like signing
Java applets.

.pm





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