David Eisner wrote: <snip some good research> > > What determines when access to a private member is illegal? Is it, in > fact, the bytecode verifier?
Yes, it's done by the fourth pass of the verifier as described here: http://java.sun.com/sfaq/verifier.html#HEADING13 Interestingly, Sun have posted a contest to try and crack the new verifier in Mustang: https://jdk.dev.java.net/CTV/learn.html -- Stephen de Vries Corsaire Ltd E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1483 226014 Fax: +44 1483 226068 Web: http://www.corsaire.com _______________________________________________ Secure Coding mailing list (SC-L) SC-L@securecoding.org List information, subscriptions, etc - http://krvw.com/mailman/listinfo/sc-l List charter available at - http://www.securecoding.org/list/charter.php
