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IP: netscape security -- they got to be kidding
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 17:06:09 -0500
Lets see , what they are saying is for the next days till they fix it, users will be able to being attacked by the best "hackers" who I assume will actually try it now. That means that folk who don't read email religiously will be vulnerable .. Right!!! Dave "Netscape Will Issue Fix for Flaw Found In Browser System." The company confirmed that Princeton researchers found a security flaw in the "applets" created with Java, but said the flaw was minor and that the company will issue a software fix for it next week. Jeff Treuhaft said exploiting the flaw would require extremely skilled hacking. Marianne Mueller, Java security engineer, also said the chances of such hacking occurring are "remote."
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