Blocking Java Applets at the Firewall

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.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1997
• Where: NDSS
• Authors: David M. Martin Jr., Sivaramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Aviel D. Rubin
• Keywords: Computer Networks, External Java Applets, Java Applet, Java Security Weaknesses, NDSS 1997