On (04 Jan 97) Kurt Wismer wrote to David Ames...
 -=> Mocking David to Malcolm <=-
 KW>   (Mock, mOck, moCk, mocK)
 DA> What about Java script....  I mean Netscape as well as MSIE
 DA> execuite Javescript commands from E-mail messages...  Maybe
 DA> Goodtimes will be come a reality once programers learn how
 DA> to exploit Java scrpts...
 KW> they've had plenty of time to learn that already... there are bad java
 KW> applets but java viruses are still impossible... you would have to add
 KW> functionality to the java interpreter that isn't called for in the
 KW> spec.s to get java viruses to work...
 KW> in other words, you require an improper implimentation of java to get
 KW> it to work... also, because of the bad java applets it's already being
 KW> suggested that you turn java script interpreting off in netscape...
There is a site on the internet that has Java Attack applets for 
down load.   And they are fixing the spec.s of java so a applet 
can't add the functionality to the interpreter.  So ALL you will 
get are annoying java applets.
Gordon
... Flashlight:  A case used for storing dead batteries.
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