And I'm guessing this guy(you, Alex) thought java.security only apply to web application.
On the contrary, you can lift many of the security measure in writing web-based applets as the browser VM already restrict a lot of local/remote access. I just wrote a small database front end without java.security because this applet will only access the database reside in its server. If you don't understand what I mean RTFM. The java api doc is very complete and easy to read, even for 'guy' like you. Alan. > Per, > > I'm guessing this guy is one of those who thinks the only thing that can > be done with Java is a Web application (which, presumably, makes heavy use > of java.security.*). I think we should come up with a name for people like > that. Dot-communists? Dot-com-a-holics? Dot-com-iacs? > > ;) > > Regards, > > Alex. > > --- > PGP/GPG Fingerprint: > EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367 AC7A B474 16E0 758D 7ED9 > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.12 > GCS/CM>CC/IT d- s:+ a16 C++(++++)>$ UL++++>$ P--- L++>++$ E+ W+(-) N+ o? K? > w---() > !O !M !V PS+(++)>+ PE-(--) Y+>+ PGP t+>++ !5 X-- R>++ tv(+) b+(++) DI(+) D++ > G>+++ e--> h! !r y>+++ > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > > On 1 Mar 2001, Per Bothner wrote: > > > Alan KF LAU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Just for everybody's information. kaffe is in fact developed under a > > > contract to Microsoft, please see > > > http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,20225,00.html > > > > This quite misleading. As far as I know, the Microsoft contract > > referred to has only funded a very small part of Kaffe. (I have had > > contact with Tim Wilkinson and Kaffe since before there was a > > Transvirtual, and in fact was involved in some early of funding of > > Kaffe, when I worked at Cygnus .) > > > > > Also one of the very annoying thing in kaffe bother me much is that it > > > has not implemented java.security. It is a mistake or an intention to > > > make Java insecure? > > > See http://www.kaffe.org/cgi-bin/kaffe/security?user=guest;addsignature=1 > > > > > > How could one build a serious application without java.security? > > > > You are being deliberately provocative. Of course one can build a > > serious application without java.security. One can even build a > > secure application without it, though java.security gives you better > > control. A compiler, a word-processor, an editor, or any single-user > > application should not to deal with security concerns. > > -- > > --Per Bothner > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bothner.com/~per/ > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >