[4756] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Why do you think you can trust PC software? (was Re: Latest Java hole is Netscape/Sun only)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jacob Rose)
Tue Mar 11 10:15:17 1997
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 07:59:43 -0500 (EST)
From: Jacob Rose <jacob@whiteshell.com>
To: Jay Heiser <Jay@homecom.com>
Cc: WWW-SECURITY@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <332417FD.240F@HomeCom.com>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
> Of course there is risk, but worthwhile activity lacks that?
> Show me an example of PC software that you would consider
> 'trustworthy'.
That being the case, doesn't it just turn the issue around and scream,
"Hey! *All* programs should be running in appropriately sized sandboxes,
with access only to that functionality which they should rightfully need."
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Jacob Rose All you and I must agree upon is peace.
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