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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Java security idea
From:       Dima Rogozin <drogozin () qed ! com>
Date:       2000-09-29 14:27:13
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You are right: PlugIn and/or new OJI (Open Java Interface) architecture
is a way to go. Unfortunately we (at least I) do not have time to port
kjava
to the new model until 2.0.

I think the original author of kjava (Richard Moore) has it in plans for
2.0.1.

For now we have to make current system as stable as possible.

Dima.



-----Original Message-----
From: Grant Robinson [mailto:santiago@kermit.mr-r.net]
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 10:16 AM
To: kde-core-devel@max.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de; drogozin@qed.com
Subject: Re: Java security idea


Dima,

	This is just a suggestion, but another way to handle this is to
use the Java Plug-In from blackdown,org, and have that for use
in Konqueror for Java applets.  I have been using it for a few weeks
now,
and while there are problems (to see whay I mean go to Sun's site and
try using
their news ticker applets), it is better than no Java support, and
having it run
through the ns-plugin interface should implement the security we want
(or is this
not the case?).  Just a suggestion.  It is definitely not as user
friendly,
(an extra download) but then again, it may be because right now, most
distro's 
don't ship a full Sun JDK or the Sun JRE or whatever.  So, maybe their
is not
that much difference as many people will have to download the JDK to use
java anyways.

My $0.02.

Grant Robinson

On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Dima Rogozin wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I think I can easily implement "hard" security in Java.
>It means we can prevent dangerous access to the system completely.
>It includes no read/write permission, no link library etc.
>
>The difference between this one and the real security is that real one 
>can be configured and changed (by signed applets for example). The
>"hard" 
>security can not be changed.
>
>It may block several applets who should have access to the system 
>but it will protect user from the rest of the world.
>
>We can use it until we switch to OJI/Plugin interface.
>It is better than nothing.
>
>How about this?
>
>Dima.
>

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