Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 10:59:35 -0700
Message-Id: <199710221759.KAA15835@games.eng.sun.com>
From: Li Gong <gong@games.eng.sun.com>
To: Marcus Ingemansson <marcus.ingemansson@kipling.se>
Subject: Re: Security issue
In-Reply-To: Marcus Ingemansson's mail of Wed, 22 October, 1997
Our new security features and model in Java (JDK1.2) are described at
http://java.sun.com/people/gong/java/security.html.
Marcus Ingemansson writes:
> Hey, and thanks for Java!
>
> I'm wondering about the proprietary security features of Netscape's
> internet browser Communicator 4.03. Their security model handling, for
> example, sending stuff to the printer from an applet is agreeable. Will
> this be incorporated into Java as a standard way of handling security
> issues? We are developing products that need to access normally
> restricted resources, like the printer, from within a browser. A
> standardized way of handling this is needed urgently. Should we stick to
> Netscape's solution in the meantime? Can you give any hints as to what
> will happen in the near future in this area?
>
> Grateful for any reply if possible,
>
> Marcus Ingemansson
> Kipling Information Technology
> Sweden
>
>