> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 19:40:17 -0400
> From: Russ <Russ .
Cooper @
RC .
Toronto .
on .
ca>
> Subject: RE: Java security
> We need a way to turn off what we consider insecure, and prevent it from
> being turned on again by the user. This doesn't exist in any browser
> that I've seen so far, but it will be more possible when the browser and
> the OS are the same thing, when we can use authentication servers to
> provide permission profiles back to the OS.
I hope that you don't mean that the way you stated it. We do NOT need
applications code integrated into the operating system code. I thought
we had gotten rid of that with dinosaur computers! OS's need well-
defined, well-thought-out APIs (in your MS terms) that provide all of
the necessary services, including security. Applications need to
correctly use these interfaces. But there MUST be a well-defined
separation between them!
All I need ... some Netscape or Explorer guy doing something "neet" and
crashing the whole operating system when the inevitable error occurs
... grumble, grumble, grumble.
;-)
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Joe Yao jsdy @
cospo .
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gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
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