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Java vulnerable to remote compromise

July 14, 2007 – 7:10 am

ZDNet Asia reports that Google Security team has discovered as “Dangerous Java Flaw that threaten’s Virtually Everything“. The interesting part of this news is that, apart from a few scary statements, it doesn’t inform you anything else.
The Sun advisory page on this flaw, however, informs you about two flaws which are nothing but Buffer Overflows. [...]

By Bipin 3 Upadhyay | Also posted in Java, bug, google, hack, hackers, loophole, review, security | Comments (0)

An insight into Sun’s *crazy* strategy.

May 26, 2007 – 11:25 am

I have been reading a lot of discussion on Sun’s current market position/revenue versus their *mad* strategy. I have simultaneously been working on Java’s history for my book. I thought it might be interesting to post my views on the topic and see what others are thinking. To justify/criticize Sun’s current modus operandi, I will [...]

By Bipin 3 Upadhyay | Also posted in Java, apache, google, microsoft, review | Comments (2)