Java Security: Hostile Applets, Holes & Antidotes

Java Security begins with a description of the aims and features of the Java language and its security model, a description that will hold no surprises for the moderately experienced Java programmer. Authors Gary McGraw and Edward W. Felten, both professional hunters of Java security flaws, then spend a little too long detailing their past glories: the flaws in Java that they and others have found, but have long since fixed. They also list ongoing nuisance problems, suggestions and predictions for Java's future, and a short list of "antidotes" users can take to avoid risks.