A while back we were talking about using MC to build 'net-savvy apps, and 
the discussion came up about security.  As yet another case in point 
about how complicated it is to provide even a fairly reasonable 
"assurance" of security, see this story about a hole in MSIE which can be 
exploited from Java:

http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,41084,00.html?st.ne.fd.gif.d

The lead-in sez:
  Researchers have created a malicious Java program that takes
  advantage of a security hole in Microsoft's Internet Explorer
  browser to get unlimited control over a Windows-based computer.




- Richard Gaskin 
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