Re: Teaching Java, teaching what?
On 12/8/2013 2:03 PM, markspace wrote:
On 12/8/2013 8:49 AM, Eric Sosman wrote:
My own take (uninformed; peg this somewhere between the
ten- and fifty-percent level) is that Java applets have shown
themselves to be too dangerous for the lawless Net. This does
Just to toss in my own two nickels, I don't believe that applets are
inherently more dangerous than Adobe Flash or JavaScript. The major
problems with applets lately was Oracle was slow to addressing security
issues. That's really a problem for any internet connected computer or
program. Heck Windows OS wasn't exactly known for its security on the
'net a few years ago.
I mostly agree.
Executing code downloaded from the internet is very tricky
security wise.
And alternatives like Flash, SilverLigth and JavaScript has
certainly had their security vulnerabilities as well.
I do think Java applets has a few extra features that
may have contributed to the problems:
* the ability to be allowed privs by user
* full API
Arne