Open Source JVM/core classes vs. trust

1998-12-17 Thread Bernd Kreimeier
SOT, but you have prolly solved this already... How do you prevent somebody taking a (L)GPL'ed or Open source for a JVM and/or core classes, hacking backdoors and trojan horses into it, and deploying it? To be more precise: sure it'll be either obvious (source is there) or illegal (violation of

Re: Open Source JVM/core classes vs. trust

1998-12-17 Thread Maxim Kizub
I think - this needs the use of PGP. And for signed applets - there is a need for support from JVM. SOT, but you have prolly solved this already... How do you prevent somebody taking a (L)GPL'ed or Open source for a JVM and/or core classes, hacking backdoors and trojan horses into it, and