Re: Run-time configurable sandboxes

2015-05-27 Thread Michael Maass
Good point! The Web Application Servers use case also seems to have been the impetus behind JSR 121: Application Isolation API Specification (https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=121). Mark, note the dates on this spec. Specification started in 2001 and ended in 2006. Security Explorations release

Re: Run-time configurable sandboxes

2015-05-26 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
Hello, partial quote as I want to add to a point: Am Tue, 26 May 2015 16:19:59 -0400 schrieb Michael Maass : > 3. Common security reasons to use the sandbox: (a) using a third > party library that isn't fully trusted (convenience often trumps > security) and (b) frameworks loading third party pl

Re: Run-time configurable sandboxes

2015-05-26 Thread Michael Maass
I've been working on addressing similar issues as part of my PhD thesis and have noted many of the same challenges, although I've taken a different approach. Some points I can add from a recent but currently unpublished study of actual usage of the Java sandbox (I can send a draft to individual

Run-time configurable sandboxes

2015-05-25 Thread org . openjdk
Hello! I am a security-conscious Java developer and am interested in using the JVMs built-in security features to run code in separated and run-time configured sandboxes. I'm writing to the list to explain some of the issues I've come up against and am hoping to either elicit suggestions or at lea