From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 1 15:06:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA19961 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 1 Jul 1996 15:06:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phaeton.artisoft.com (phaeton.Artisoft.COM [198.17.250.211]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA19948 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 1996 15:06:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id PAA06681; Mon, 1 Jul 1996 15:05:42 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199607012205.PAA06681@phaeton.artisoft.com> Subject: Re: java script and security violation message To: plm@xs4all.nl (Peter Mutsaers) Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 15:05:42 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, terry@lambert.org In-Reply-To: <873f3fjeu4.fsf@plm.xs4all.nl> from "Peter Mutsaers" at Jun 29, 96 08:37:23 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >> On Fri, 28 Jun 1996 11:27:31 -0700 (MST), Terry Lambert > >> said: > > TL> This is the kind of bug that was fixed in Netscape 3.0b3 and > TL> 3.0b4 (at the same time, these "sparse space" IPC facilities > TL> were what enabled the JDK to operate, so unless you run 3.0b2, > TL> you can't run the JDK). > > Is it expected that a next release of Netscape still has the security > fixes, but also that the JDK will work again? It's expected that since Netscape Inc. did not endorse Sun's WebNFS, Sun will twiddle JAVA and the JDK to "punish" Netscape for screwing over their business plans. At least, this is my personal expectation. > I really want to program Java, but don't want to run a netscape with > security holes; also 3.0b2 is not available anywhere anymore. Amancio Hasty is known to have b2. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.