[3447] in java-interest
Re[2]: Viruses, Deleting Files in Java?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Horlock Neil)
Mon Nov 13 10:31:53 1995
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 12:34:47 +0000
From: Horlock.Neil.@.ext06lon@ft.com (Horlock Neil)
To: arnold@cocolat.East.Sun.COM (Ken Arnold - Sun Labs)
Cc: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
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You mention that an applet may only (currently) remove files by using an exec
command.
How does Java protect against this? I know that the filesystem write
permissions etc. are closely guarded by Java but how does it protect against
exec abuse?? Is there a
similar mechanism that prevents this??
Neil Horlck
Financial Times Information
horlock.neil@ft.com
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