Re:Everything Old Is New Again: Binary Security of WebAssemb...
by flohofwoe on Friday April 30, 2021 @01:06PM
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Not really, a Java applet could load and call into native DLLs, and once you're in native code, you can do pretty much anything on Windows.
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Re:Everything Old Is New Again: Binary Security of WebAssemb...
by cbsmith on Monday May 03, 2021 @11:52AM
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The security model for Java did not include calling native DLLs. That was something that Microsoft added, essentially tossing away the security model in the interest of trying to create a proprietary advantage for Windows in a Java world.