Foreword
James Gosling
Security in computer systems has been a serious issue for decades. This past decade’s explosion in the dependence on networks and the computers connected to them has raised the issue to stratospheric levels. When Java was first designed, dealing with security was a key component. And in the years since then, all of the various standard libraries, frameworks, and containers that have been built have had to deal with security too. In the Java world, security is not viewed as an add-on feature. It is a pervasive way of thinking. Those who forget to think in a secure mindset end up in trouble.
But just because the facilities are there doesn’t mean that security is assured automatically. A set of standard practices has evolved ...
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