LAVA: Secure delegation of mobile applets
Shyhtsun Felix Wu, M. S. Davis, Jatin N. Hansoty, Jim Yuill, Sam Farthing, Jeffrey S. Webster, Xueqing Hu · NCSU Libraries Repository (North Carolina State University Libraries) · 1996
The security problems associated with Java have received significant attention.In a recent meeting [SP996], many people have expressed their concerns about Java not having a clear security model and policy.Lava is a proposed architecture to enhance the security of Java.Unlike the original Java which only protects the client (executant), Lava protects client and server (provider) together as a pair.In this paper, we will first describe the concept and two applications of applet delegation.Then, from these applications, we define security requirements and policy for Lava.We also explain why the current Java security is insufficient.Finally, we present the Lava architecture itself.