Re: Java

[Doug Geiger <runexe@ntplx.net>]

Java has built in blocks that keeps a program from doing any harm to your 
system. I suppose someone could still find some way to do something 
(perhaps crashing your computer), but I don't think anything permanent 
could be done.

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On Sat, 2 Mar 1996, Stephen Masterman wrote:

> What is to stop someone from putting a java applet on their home page that,
> when run, deletes everything it can on the local hard drive?
> 
> Steve
> 
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