Re: Deprecation

[Thiago Campos <paim () inf ufsc br>]

Hi

The deprecations is a way of saying "you are in your own for now on". For 
sure it's not a substitution for any security feature, but the problem is 
always the programmer, us or the JDK developers :)

- Thiago

At 18:57 27/10/2003, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> actually imho the problem is not whether the vulnerable function is
> deprecated when the system has crashed.  The problem is whether Sun employs
> some people who can implement missing null pointer checks in the JDK.
> Deprecation is no security feature at all, good and aware coding in contrast
> is.
>
> Marc
>
>
> --
>
> Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the
> ark; professionals built the Titanic. -- Anonymous
>
> Marc Schönefeld Dipl. Wirtsch.-Inf. / Software Developer


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