Don Box: Huge Security Holes in Solaris, JVM 226
DaHat writes "Don Box, one of the authors of the original SOAP specification in 1998, now an architect on Microsoft's next generation Indigo platform recently responded to James Gosling's remarks regarding huge security holes within the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR). Don argues that the same 'flaws' that Gosling noted in the .NET CLR exist both within the Solaris operating system as well as the JVM, both of which support execution of C and C++ code, as well as explaining why this is not necessarily a bad thing."
On Defense (Score:2, Funny)
Next up, Notepad will be the target since it allows any malicious code to be written on it.
Flaws aren't a bad thing? (Score:2, Funny)
Standards (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Flaws aren't a bad thing? (Score:5, Funny)
Well, ask the original bug [faqs.org] at NSWC if it enjoys being taped to a cardboard note since 1947...
This proves Python, Perl, and other FOSS==secure (Score:1, Funny)
here we go again.... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Reminds me of this link (Score:1, Funny)
This just in! (Score:5, Funny)
Microsoft will be releasing a patch which fixes this problem soon. Stay tuned.
But that's where you're wrong-- Inline.pm! (Score:1, Funny)
So the only really safe language to be using, in truth, is HQ9+ [biffle.org]. Rather than leaving the opportunity for error as Perl, Python, Java and
Re:It's that darn C and C++ code again.. (Score:2, Funny)
(It's very hard to write anything else in it either)
Hmm.. (Score:5, Funny)
Whiny (Score:5, Funny)
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