[48596] in Cypherpunks
Re: Java Sniffer (Was: Re: FV Announces That The Sky Is Falling)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (lyal collins)
Tue Jan 30 01:39:49 1996
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 17:31:11 +1100 (EST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
From: lyalc@ozemail.com.au (lyal collins)
>Much more likely, IMHO, than a Java sniffer is a Java Trojan horse that pops
>up an innocuous dialog box and asks you to enter some sensitive piece of
>information, then sends it off somewhere. About all it takes to write that is
>a modicum of skill in user interface design. You could write it in any
>programming language, but in Java it may be particularly effective, since
>people may come to expect to be prompted for sensitive info over the net by
>Java apps. Maybe the Java folks who just left Sun decided to seize the
>opportunity ;>
>
>Futplex <futplex@pseudonym.com>
>
A very realistic scenario - any comments or reasons it can't happen ??
second question:
How can you be sure you receive the applet that you "think" you've requested ?
Any illuminating comments to assit my awareness of java ?
lyal
