On Wed, 27 Mar 1996, F. Alfredo Rego wrote:
 
> The plot thickens!
>
> I just received this message from a friend.
>
> ----------------  Beginning of message
>
> I'm not sure if you saw this yet.
>
>
>    Sun Microsystems Fights Flaw
>
>    Sun Microsystems is busy trying to fix a
> security flaw in its new Java programming
> language. A computer science professor at
> Princeton University and two graduate students
> reported the flaw to the Mountain View, Calif.-
> based firm Friday. They found a flaw that could
> allow a computer hacker to booby-trap a page
> on the World Wide Web and eventually read or
> delete files from a computer connected to the
> Web site. Sun says engineers are testing for the
> bug.
>
> -------------------  End of message
>
>
> Ah, bugs...  The spice of life.  At least, something like Java gets
> universal exposure and free testing from talented people all over the
> world.
>
>
> The more sophisticated we get, the more exposed we get.  Should we just go
> back to trusty good-old-2645s connected to trusty good-old-HP3000s?
>
> The question (and the answer) is not tongue-in-cheek.
>
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Alfredo:
 
Also, don't forget hard-wired serial at 2400 baud using ENQ/ACK
protocol.  That'll be sure to keep the hackers away!!
 
(My tongue's pressed VERY hard against my cheek and if I don't get it out
of there, I'll probably bite it!!!)
 
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