Re: Java Redirect Bug - Netscpape 4.0[678] and 4.5

[sander () WEBSTAT WAU NL (Sander Goudswaard)]

Keith Woodard <Keith.D.Woodard () BOS FRB ORG> wrote on Fri, 27 Nov 1998
15:44:22 -0500:
> A bug in the JVM implementation was discovered by Ben Mesander back when
> 4.01 was the latest Communicator version. The bug subsequently fixed by
> Netscape and was not successful in versions from 4.02 up to and
> including 4.05. The bug appears to work again in versions 4.06, 4.07,
> 4.08 and 4.5. Ben's original web site is still operational where the
> source and a demonstration may be found:
>
> http://neurosis.hungry.com/~ben/msie_bug
>
> I reported this to Netscape over a week ago.

StarOffice 5.0, released last week for the Windows platform, also has the
bug. It uses Sun's Javasoft JRE libraries v1.1.6.

Sander Goudswaard

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