Java Security

Right at the beginning the authors admit that " ... there is no black-and-white answer to the question, should I use Java?," and that the purpose of this book is to help you make your own decision. As an aid to systems administrators who are judging whether to enable Java on their company's computers, this book is worth the short time it takes to read it.

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.