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...Trojan Horses do not have to erase your hard drive to be destructive. I could, for instance, write a Java program which, when accessed, sent 100 anonymous e-mail messages to a person I detested. There are other creative possibilities as well...
...more powerful technology has promised to increase the effectiveness of Trojan Horses even more. The Java language--written by Sun Microsystems--allows you to write applications which will automatically be run when accessed over...
...invent such a technology? One glance at what you can do with Java, and most people are immediately convinced that it's a good thing. And it is. Java allows you to extend the capability of your Web browser, enabling you to incorporate useful real-time applications into your browser or play nifty animations and sounds...
...prevent any unwelcome invasions, Java's design emphasizes security. For instance, you cannot write an application in Java which will delete your hard drive or e-mail the contents of your hard drive to another person. Additionally, Java browsers come preconfigured to reject Java applications from untrusted computers...
...will take more than sweatshirts and coffee mugs to shore up the security of the Internet. The network was designed to be open and easily accessible, and new Internet software, like Sun Microsystems' Java, adds a whole new layer of insecurity. Java can liven up a Website with movies and animations sent to visitors' computers as little applications, or "applets." Java is supposed to screen these applets to make sure they can't do any damage to the computer that receives them. But to Sun's--and Netscape's--acute embarrassment, the version that appeared in Netscape's latest browser...