(keitai-l) Re: (keitai) Clossing Walled Gardens and Java vs. NativeApplications

From: Jon Ellis <jon.ellis_at_sun.com>
Date: 05/14/03
Message-ID: <3EC1A6DF.10603@sun.com>
Shawn wrote:
> 
> Ok MIDP 2.0 will still run things in a sandbox if they are"untrusted". 
> Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)  is utilized by MIDP 2.0 to provide secure 
> connections and digital signatures for "trusted" MIDP application packages 
> (also known as MIDlets).

This is probably an abuse of the term "sandbox", all
byte-code is executed in a sandbox. It would probably be
clear to say that a MIDP 2.0 midlet that is trusted runs
with a less prohibitive security policy. Which is exactly
what you describe :-)

j.
Received on Wed May 14 05:18:25 2003