PC Magazine -- January 20, 1998
Filter Out Misbehavin' Java
Robert P. Lipschutz
Internet Security
Barricading your network against naughty Java applet
is a growing necessity. Though Java applets are
lauded for efficient code and multiplatform
capabilities, some have become network outlaws,
making your hard disk data vulnerable to hackers. To
deflect these miscreants, many firewalls let you
block all Java, but many don't. Fortress
Technologies' He@tSeeker Pro and Finjan's SurfinGate
2.0, which you can use as firewall add-ons, provide
more ammunition.
Though both keep nasty Java applets out of your
network, their approaches are quite different.
He@tSeeker Pro is a client/server solution that
blocks all Java applets and ActiveX. But users can
disable this feature by simply uninstalling the
client portion.
SurfinGate blocks only Java applets, but the level o
control far surpasses He@tSeeker Pro's. It lets you
choose which applets to allow and which to block. An
it functions as a proxy server, so users can't get
around it if you've properly configured your
firewall.
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Received on Wed Mar 18 01:49:31 1998