Did MS include any _Sun_ classes in their
JVM that were insecure? Did they just
compile source/include classes Sun gave
them?
The reason I ask is that I am offering
compilation against the MS 1.1 JVM*, but
at the moment it does not include all the
MS classes (just the ones in the main zip
archive**).
* <http://www.physci.org/javac.jsp?bcp=MS>
** <http://localhost:8080/codes/msjvm.jsp?file=7>
After considering (and rejecting) uploading
the other archives, I am now thinking to go
in the opposite direction.
If _only_ MS classes are insecure, I can
take the MS classes _out_ of the existing
.zip and declare any Java that compiles
against the remaining Sun classes to be
'secure' applications and applets.
Would that be a reasonable assumption?
[ F'Ups set to comp.lang.java.machine ]

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Andrew Thompson - 21 Mar 2004 09:39 GMT
> * <http://www.physci.org/javac.jsp?bcp=MS>
> ** <http://localhost:8080/codes/msjvm.jsp?file=7>
Ughh! Transformed those links on the fly,
since my server is a bit sleepy at the moment.
Guess how you'd change the second to make
it a valid URL? (Though you still might get
a 503 at the moment..)

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