<div dir="ltr">On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Elliotte Rusty Harold <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:elharo@metalab.unc.edu">elharo@metalab.unc.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I do think we have an existence proof that security in this realm is possible. That's Java. Modulo some outright bugs in VMs (since repaired) the default Java applet security model has worked and worked well since 1.0 beta 1. (1.0 alpha 1 wasn't quite strict enough.) I have seen no security design flaws exposed in Java applets in over ten years. That's why I suspect duplicating Java's security policy in HTML is a safe way forward. I'm skeptical that anything less will suffice.<br>
</blockquote><div> </div></div>You also see that Java is almost never used in the public Web. Java doesn't prove anything.<br><br>Rob<br>-- <br>"He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all." [Isaiah 53:5-6]<br>
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