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Re: Java/Javascript dangers?? From Max on 24 November '98 replying to Java/Javascript dangers?? posted by michael >I saw mention of some dangers in using Java and Javascript earlier. This >is probably a bone-head question, but what are these dangers? Anything >akin to trojans, worms, viruses, etc.? http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Programming_Languages/Java/Security/ http://pantheon.yale.edu/~dff/java.html has a lot of info. http://www.rstcorp.com/hostile-applets/index.html has some examples. It depends on the deviousness and maliciousness of the writer of the applets and scripts. And the version of browser you are using, and a couple of other factors. I've developed a healthy amount of paranoia about computer security, the hard way.

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>>I saw mention of some dangers in using Java and Javascript earlier. This >>is probably a bone-head question, but what are these dangers? Anything >>akin to trojans, worms, viruses, etc.? > >http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Programming_Languages/Java/Security/ > >http://pantheon.yale.edu/~dff/java.html has a lot of info. >http://www.rstcorp.com/hostile-applets/index.html has some examples. > > >It depends on the deviousness and maliciousness of the writer of the >applets and scripts. And the version of browser you are using, and >a couple of other factors. > >I've developed a healthy amount of paranoia about computer security, the hard way. >