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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: For the AdaOS folks
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:03:49 +0100
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On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 20:29:31 -0500, Wes Groleau wrote:

> Nick Roberts wrote:
>> AdaOS /will/ be watertight, and that /will/ obviate the need for a firewall.
> 
> I have utmost confidence that AdaOS people are actually doing
> appropriate "engineering."
> 
> Remember all the claims of Java security?
> And yet it's history shows that the only security
> Java has is against threats the developers thought
> of along the way.

That is because Java didn't use the technology it should. One cannot have
security within old paradigm of firewalls. Placing a guard before the
brothel doesn't it make a church!

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de