From: shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green)
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 95 20:51:59 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Java bugs found?
Message-ID: <199510100349.XAA20771@book.hks.net>
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In article <199510100145.SAA00403@lux.reich.com>, Richard_Reich@reich.com
(Richard Reich) wrote:

> After I noticed the file had been pulled, I recovered its contents from my 
> netscape cache (thanks, netscape!):
> 
>   Netscape was notified on Sunday 10/8/95 by Sun Microsystems that there
> is a serious security hole in their Java system [...]

So much for guaranteed security. There is one question on my mind. Why do
today's programs have to try to do it all? Why the heck does a
wordprocessor have to ship with a compiler built in? Not to mention that
there seems to be a disturbing tendency to "feature" automatic execution
of arbitrary code submitted by third parties.
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