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Re: The future of Java
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John D. Ramsdell)
Mon Aug 28 14:42:01 1995
To: Michael Lorton <mlorton@eshop.com>
Cc: java-interest@java.sun.com, ramsdell@linus.mitre.org
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 25 Aug 1995 09:20:31 PDT."
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Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 10:52:57 -0400
From: "John D. Ramsdell" <ramsdell@linus.mitre.org>
> Things We Could Do With Java, Other Than HotJava
...
> 2. Java-based *secure* operating system. Orange-book secure. B3 or
> A1 secure. (If you don't know what these terms me, trust me. They
> mean very, very secure.)
I'm doubt one would want to construct a secure OS in Java, but there
are interesting security enhancements to the Java VM possible. For
example, one could imagine allowing secure interapplet communication
by using the virtual memory address translation hardware to control
object access efficiently. The Opal Project has explored some of the
issues.
See "Sharing and Protection in a Single-Address-Space Operating
System", Jeffrey S. Chase, Henry M. Levy, Michael J. Feeley, and
Edward D. Lazowska. ACM Transactions on Computer Systems, 12(4),
November 1994.
<url:ftp://cs.washington.edu/tr/1993/04/UW-CSE-93-04-02.PS.Z>
John
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