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Brad Barclay wrote:
> 
> In <60cbb7$n1t$1@www.macbank>, nospam@nowhere.none (Randy Olan) writes:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'd just like to find out if there are any native OS/2
> >applications that provide Internet security.  I'm particulary
> >interested in an application that will check Java applets
> >for viruses and prevent java applets from doing damaging
> >things to my system in the background.
> 
>      There is no such program, because it isn't needed:  Java takes care of
> all of this for you - it's a part of it's design.
> 
>      Because you can only assign a pointer in Java by using the 'new' keyword,
> and can't actually specify memory pointers as you can under languages such as
> C and C++, it's technically impossible to create a Java-based virus.  Java
> applets can't even access files (under normal circumstances - they can only if
> *you* disable Java's built-in security on purpose).
> 
>      And since Java is virtualized itself, it can't even directly access your
> hardware - so there is nothing bad that a Java applet can do.
> 
> Brad Barclay,
> OS/2 Development Director,
> Internet Direct Canada Inc.
> 
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It's streets ahead of Active X but it ain't 100% see

http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/news/0922/22java.html

yeah yeah it's Ziff Davis and we know how far we can trust them if it's
not made by Micro$loth, but the article appears to be based on an
independent 3rd party.

John