Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 12100 invoked from network); 10 May 2005 15:43:25 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 10 May 2005 15:43:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 47243 invoked by uid 500); 10 May 2005 15:45:30 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 47151 invoked by uid 500); 10 May 2005 15:45:28 -0000 Mailing-List: contact harmony-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 47095 invoked by uid 99); 10 May 2005 15:45:26 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (hermes.apache.org: 217.155.92.109 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of ben@algroup.co.uk) Received: from mail.links.org (HELO mail.links.org) (217.155.92.109) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.28) with ESMTP; Tue, 10 May 2005 08:45:26 -0700 Received: from [193.133.15.218] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.links.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B967C33C3D for ; Tue, 10 May 2005 16:41:41 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <4280D63C.2060801@algroup.co.uk> Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 16:41:48 +0100 From: Ben Laurie User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Java Security for Harmony References: <5f21a0a9577705abd531cebc48d11085@earthlink.net> <42807005.4070500@algroup.co.uk> <01f801c55541$f26d9430$8400000a@MEANMACHINE> In-Reply-To: <01f801c55541$f26d9430$8400000a@MEANMACHINE> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.6.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Andreas Ravnestad wrote: > Ben wrote: > >>Forgive my ignorance - why is this necessary? > > > A few short & sweet reasons see > http://fpl.cs.depaul.edu/cpitcher/se573/lectures/lecture-07.html#slide013 So its an optimisation (and therefore optional), right? -- http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html http://www.thebunker.net/ "There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff