full-disclosure - Friendly and secure desktop operating system

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Message-ID: <20031016134432.GQ4999@ics.muni.cz>
From: krajicek at ics.muni.cz (Ondrej Krajicek)
Subject: Friendly and secure desktop operating system

> > >Have you taken a look at Sun's recent Java-based desktop?  Is that
> > >what you're thinking of?
> > Isn't it just a slightly? modified SuSe with the Java name slapped on?
> 
> Java implementations are not secure enough to run arbitrary code. A JVM really
> is a complex and large beast. And this makes it hard to make it correct and
> secure.

I must be missing a point. What has JavaVM complexity to do with
security of Java Desktop? It's just a SuSE+GNOME with J2RE
pre-installed (with Gtk look and feel). The 'Java' part of the name is 
just a business buzzword. One may use Java Desktop every day
withnout running a byte of Java bytecode.

This all of course does not mean, that 
the Java Desktop is secure. It just means, that since it is not
written in Java, it may be user friendly :).

Greetings,

Ondra Krajicek
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