Firewalls: Re: JAVA security problem ?

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Subject:	Re: JAVA security problem ?
From:	peter @ nmti . com (Peter da Silva)
Date:	Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:57:42 -0600 (CST)
To:	jcmurphy @ smurfland . cit . buffalo . edu (Jeff Murphy)
Cc:	goran @ btj . se, firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to:	<199602090828 . DAA28812 @ smurfland . cit . buffalo . edu> from "Jeff Murphy" at Feb 9, 96 03:28:39 am

> (as far as i know) in the current incarnation of java (beta) that is
> available via the netscape browser.. applets are restricted to opening
> socket connections back to the server from whence they came only.

Which means if you have a proxy server, it can be attacked from an applet.

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