> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of William T Goodall
> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 6:20 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brin-L)
> Subject: Re: spyware
>
>
> on 24/4/02 12:29 am, The Fool at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Java can do some very invasive things like this:
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24902.html
>
> Actually the story is about a *JavaScript* security hole in
> IE. Java and JavaScript are, despite the names, two quite
> different things.
Didn't we yowl about that a few weeks ago? ;)
> On the whole, and inevitable bugs aside, Java is much more
> likely to be secure than JavaScript since it was designed
> from the ground up with security in mind, whereas JavaScript
> has had security features retrofitted.
FSVO safety- Java has more ability to access your actual system and the
system resources, while .js is more or less limited to crashing your
browser.
-j-
