On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:05:43PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> That's a dangerous and unwarranted assumption. The Freenet node listens
> on a network socket. Therefore, if the code has a buffer overflow
> or other bug, a malicious packet could be sent to cause it to take
> undesirable action.
Firstly, buffer overflows are extremely unlikely in Java unless there is
a bug in the virtual machine. Freenet does not carry with it any worse
risks than any other piece of software running on your computer
(including your operating system), in fact, its open source nature
should decrease the probability of bugs.
Ian.
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