From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: DII COE bars Ada -> Java compilation
Date: 2000/04/05
Date: 2000-04-05T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: 38EB3482.971747E4@lmco.com
In article <38EB3482.971747E4@lmco.com>,
"Marc A. Criley" <marc.a.criley@lmco.com> wrote:
> Specification (I&RTS) v4.0 states that "Developers shall not use
> compilers designed to convert code developed in other languages (e.g.,
> Ada, C++) to create Java byte-codes. This restriction is important
> because such compilers may inadvertently bypass intended Java security
> features."
>
> Is this a legitimate concern? I can kinda see how it might be, since
I should hope not. If the security is built into the language rather
than into the virtual machine, then anyone could bypass the security
just by writing themselves a program in "bytecode assembly".
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-04-05 0:00 DII COE bars Ada -> Java compilation Marc A. Criley
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Ted Dennison [this message]
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
2000-04-07 0:00 ` swhalen
2000-04-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-14 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-05 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Marc A. Criley
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
2000-04-19 0:00 ` Robert Munck
2000-04-19 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-04-20 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
2000-04-20 0:00 ` Hal Hawley
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