On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Simon Males wrote:
> Yeah Java is more secure, but boy does it love chewing you CPU and
> memory in the process... just to find out that your bank has invented
> another bank fee.
Can you explain to the list how a client-side application (Java)
can be considered more secure that a server-side application (CGI)
running on the web server? The former can theoretically rip into your
machine and wreak havoc (and has done in the past) whereas the latter
can do no such thing.
Given all the "sandbox escapades and escapes" that Java has suffered
over the years, I would be hard to convince that Java is 100% safe
on the client side.
cheers
rickw
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