Blocking Java Applets at the Firewall
Date
1996-10-29
DOI
Authors
Martin, David M.
Rajagopalan, Sivaramakrishnan
Rubin, Aviel D.
Version
OA Version
Citation
Martin, David M.; Rajagopalan, Sivaramakrishnan; Rubin, Aviel D.. "Blocking Java Applets at the Firewall", Technical Report BUCS-1996-026, Computer Science Department, Boston University, November 14, 1996. [Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/1601]
Abstract
This paper explores the problem of protecting a site on the Internet against hostile external Java applets while allowing trusted internal applets to run. With careful implementation, a site can be made resistant to current Java security weaknesses as well as those yet to be discovered. In addition, we describe a new attack on certain sophisticated firewalls that is most effectively realized as a Java applet.