On 11/14/06, Robert Scott Horning <robert_horning(a)netzero.net> wrote:
Adding my own $0.02 here, this is indeed a bad idea
for security issues
alone. I completely agree here with Anthony's sentiments as Java has
some very significant security holes that would open up some incredible
liability and other problems if used on Wikimedia sites. The very
thought of allowing anonymous users to post Java source code that would
be served up through Wikimedia servers..... I can't think of a worse
possible problem. It makes all of the issues with hacking the front
page of Wikimedia projects seem very tame and mild by comparison.
We're talking about applets, wich have a specific sandbox security
model. Let's not discuss on the basis of FUD, please.
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Peace & Love,
Erik
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