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1996-01-31 - Re: Java Sniffer (Was: Re: FV Announces That The Sky Is Falling)

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From: m5@dev.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
Message Hash: 1220683dc4bdf6d8077f89050a1a6b687e16583bda58e262239fe39fbf76ef7b
Message ID: <9601311919.AA17260@alpha>
Reply To: <9601301545.AA07088@alpha>
UTC Datetime: 1996-01-31 19:47:19 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 03:47:19 +0800

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From: m5@dev.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 03:47:19 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
Subject: Re: Java Sniffer (Was: Re: FV Announces That The Sky Is Falling)
In-Reply-To: <9601301545.AA07088@alpha>
Message-ID: <9601311919.AA17260@alpha>
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futplex@pseudonym.com writes:
 > I believe the work on authenticating applet servers to client in terms of
 > signed Java classes, etc. is the most promising long-term approach.

Sure.  And it's also important to keep in mind that everyday some
dimwit falls prey to the pigeon drop or some other "meat-to-meat"
scam.  It'll take a few years for people to get used to security
concerns on the net, just like it took a few years for people to
figure out that you really would die if you drove your new Model T
like a maniac.

 > ObNSB: Although I seem to be cast as an opponent of Java adoption in this
 > thread, I'm actually a fan of Java and expect to write some Java code RSN. 

Me too.  There are so many "but can Java do that?" questions floating
around in all sorts of bizarre contexts that it's easy to lose sight
of all the nice things about a nifty interpreted language.

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