# Re: JDK 1.2 Security Architecture progress

Li Gong (gong@games.eng.sun.com)
Mon, 20 Jul 1998 19:45:39 -0700

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    Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 19:45:39 -0700

    Message-Id: <199807210245.TAA04371@games.eng.sun.com>

    From: Li Gong <gong@games.eng.sun.com>

    To: Darryl Stoflet <dstoflet@calweb.com>

    Subject: Re: JDK 1.2 Security Architecture progress

    In-Reply-To: Darryl Stoflet's mail of Mon, 20 July, 1998

Darryl Stoflet writes:
> The latest jdk 1.2 security arcitecture document (version 0.8)
> is dated March 9, 1998. Is there a timeframe for the
> next update?

There will be a slightly updated version v0.9 released as part of the
JDK 1.2beta4, perhaps this week. v1.0 will be with the final release.

> Are there currently plans on implementing
> subdomains or 'run as user x' in the next version?
> Any insights on how this will be performed?

'run as user x' is being worked on, but not for JDK 1.2.
Subdomains are under consideration, but no decision yet.

Li

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