# Security Changes in JDK 1.2b4

Chris Bergstresser (chris@subtlety.com)
Thu, 23 Jul 1998 16:26:52 -0400

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    Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 16:26:52 -0400

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    From: Chris Bergstresser <chris@subtlety.com>

    Subject: Security Changes in JDK 1.2b4

I'm writing about the new syntax for privileged blocks of code. While I
understand the reasons for removing the beginPriviliged/endPriviliged
syntax, the new syntax is not only ugly but confusing. The old syntax was
slightly bad; the new is downright horrible. It's an axiom that the less
simple something is to understand, the more likely it is to hide security
flaws. There simply *must* be new keywords added to the language to
support the new security functionality.

-- Chris Bergstresser
chris@subtlety.com

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