From: frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 04:23:54 +0800
To: Christian Wettergren <crypto@midex.com>
Subject: Re: Hack Java
Message-ID: <199601241905.LAA06733@netcom6.netcom.com>
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At  9:47 1/24/96 +0100, Christian Wettergren wrote:
>(In my darker moments, I feel that the whole field of computer security
>is in a major crisis. Ever heard of the Emperor's New Clothes? ;-))

We reduce the problem of an infected Java Interpreter to the previously
unsolved problem of virus protection in general.  I think it is possible to
build highly virus resistant systems, but the cost in user retraining will
be huge.


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