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Java and .NET Security compared

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The university of Virginia has published a report available here that compares Java and .NET security.

One of their key conclusions "Where Java evolved from an initial platform with limited security capabilities, .NET incorporated more security capability into its original design. With age and new features, much of the legacy code of Java still remains for backwards compatibility including the possibility of a null SecurityManager, and the absolute trust of classes on the bootclasspath. Hence, in several areas .NET has security advantages over Java because of its simpler and cleaner design."

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  • Anonymous
    August 27, 2005

    lies and statisrics and #ยค%#@ bias!

  • Anonymous
    August 27, 2005


    why do I have hard time believing this?

    Maybe because in the last page they argue why the 9 vulnerabilities in .NET (that we know of) don't really count... those found in pre-1.0 don't count either, those silently patched don't count,

    .. but the 10 vulnerabilities introduced by Microsoft in their JVM implementation DOES COUNT and are a sign of the insecurity of Java???

  • Anonymous
    August 27, 2005
    Being an avid Linux user and sort of converted from a Microsoft user to an anti-Microsoft user by a colleague of mine, I would have to agree that .NET is pretty secure compared with Java.

  • Anonymous
    August 27, 2005
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  • Anonymous
    August 27, 2005
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  • Anonymous
    August 27, 2005
    Something I never figured to see on /., an article that highlights a study published by the CS department...

  • Anonymous
    August 28, 2005
    "Anyone who uses .NET for mission critical apps is a fool."

    A claim that you can't backup. True Professionals use the technology solution that best fits the problem. Java will not always be that solution, unless that is the only technology you know.

  • Anonymous
    August 28, 2005
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  • Anonymous
    August 30, 2005
    Yes I remember the sandbox and security features that began in the summer of 1995 with 1.0.2.

    Saying that Java began w/o security is showing ignorance of history. It was JUST THE OPPOSITE.

    I agree with Rob.

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    March 18, 2007
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