Java, Extensibility and Security Related Links

Java, Extensibility and Security Related Links

Here are a set of pointers to Internet-wide resources for Java, security and extensible operating systems. If you know of a set of pages that you think are relevant, please let me know.

Security
- Project Kimera
- JavaSoft Security Site
- The new Java Security Model bears a resemblance to our work on protection in the SPIN project
- ActiveX security flaws from comp.risks
- Java Security FAQ Low level security in Java.
- JavaSoft security doc
- ESafe security news.
- NFS security. A sample attack via NFS.
- SIP group at Princeton.
  - JavaFilter is a way to guard against malicious applets based on their URLs.
  - Security FAQ for non-technical people.
Related Work
- The SPIN Project.
  - Protection in the SPIN OS. (Postscript)
  - Security in the SPIN OS.
- Sun's JavaOS also known as Kona.
- Inferno from Bell Labs.
- Kaffe A free JVM implementation.
- Sumatra Proebsting & Hartman's mobile Java code group.
- Toba A Java bytecode to C decompiler.
- Vortex is a highly optimizing compiler infrastructure that supports Java bytecode to native code translation.
- Millenium, a distributed operating system.
- Java & Optimization Tips on optimizing Java programs.
- TAO Systems A Java-like virtual machine.
Basics
- Java Soft Products Top level info.
Java chips - an application of Java that requires a solid verifier.
- IBM announces VLIW Java chips.
- PicoJava Hardware specs for the Java chips from Sun.
APIs and Libraries
- JDK 1.1
- JDK 1.0.2
- JRE1.1 Java runtime environment from JavaSoft.
- Java Threads and Synchronization
- Java Management API
- Java Telephony API
- Kream class libraries. Freely available standard java packages.
- BISS AWT Freely available, portable awt implementation.
Conferences
- JavaOne Java Developer Conference
  - JavaOne 96 Presentations on Java related work from 1996.
Companies
- Zydecom makes Java based real-time operating systems for networking.
- NewMonics is another company developing a real-time Java VM.
- ISI Integrated Systems Inc licenses Java from NewMonics.
- Finjan has a multi-tiered security model.
- Pendragon Software has the CaffeineMark(tm) benchmark for measuring Java engine performance.
- Joe offers ORB support for those who need it.
- Supercede has an aggresive optimizing compiler.
GC
- Boehm's pages on garbage collection and his freely available collector.
- Appel's papers on garbage collection.
- Garbage Collection by Jones.
Java Tools
- Disassemblers
  - Kimera Disassembler. It generates jasmin compatible hypertext.
- Assemblers
  - Jasmin A Java bytecode assembler.
- Obfuscators - Obfuscators are tools that remove or replace the symbolic information in a Java class file in order to make decompilation more difficult.
- Decompilers - Why obfuscators exist.
  - Mocha. A decompiler for Java.
  - Overview of decompilation techniques.
  - DCC A decompiler from x86 to C.
Java-enabled Browsers
- Microsoft Internet Explorer.
- Netscape.
- Netscape Plugin Documentation What are plugins, how do they work, and what can you do with them.
Misc Marketing
- Press releases.
- Eric Schmidt Keynote address at JavaOne96.
Java links and resources.
- Cafe Au Lait Java FAQ.
- Focus on Java from the Mining Co.
- Java Security Hotlist by Gary McGraw.
- Markt's Java page.
- Yahoo's Java page.

Emin Gün Sirer

Project Kimera

Department of Computer Science and Engineering © 1997, University of Washington

Department of Computer Science and Engineering
© 1997, University of Washington