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What is this deal with not enabling Java and JavaScript? I thought 'Java
Sandbox' implementation as the best security implementation available on the
internet. Sandbox doesn't allow net applications access anything other than
browser memory even indirectly. (Of course, you can modify the sandbox to
have access to other system resources on the box, but why would you do that
and you need a good understanding of the sandbox)

Am I missing something? What exactly is the problem in enabling Java?

Sundar


----- Original Message -----
From: <dennisk@sahuaro.f2s.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: Forums


> Quoting "John (EBo) David" <ebo@leml.la.asu.edu>:
>
> > "der.hans" wrote:
> > >
> > > Am 04. Jul, 2002 schwätzte John (EBo) David so:
> > >
> > > > I vehemently oppose java enabled web interfaces to just about
anything.
> > > > Oh sure it is nice to offload much of the processing from the server
to
> > > > the users computer, but I still do not trust it... Sure I may trust
> > you
> > > > guys, but I've had problems by turning java* on when I *had to*,
then
> > > > forgetting that java and cookies were turned on went a-browsing...
No,
> > > > I keep it turned off as a rule and do not do business with companies
> > > > which require it to be turned on (companies that give you a choice
are
> > > > another matter).
> > >
> > > Create another user and use sudo to start a browser as that user that
> > allows
> > > cookies. I have two sites that require cookies. One is the PLUG
mailing
> > list
> > > management interface. Those are handled as the other user.
> >
> > That is how I typicall handle it with the exception of sudo (I just
> > create pop up another xterm, and do every thing from there...) but I
> > still avoid it whenever possible and avoid such sites...
> >
> > EBo --
>
> Konqueror (and most other browsers, I suspect) lets you control Java and
> Javascript on a per-site basis.
>
> Dennis Kibbe
>
>
>
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