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To: Jonathan Edwards who wrote (194)	4/26/1998 2:19:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 446

Jonathan, >>>>>The two links you posted strike me as alarmist. The first includes a link to the referring url in an attempt to make me believe it could track where else I've been (it can't); the second includes my (nonstatic) IP address (as does the first), which isn't useful to anyone as long as I'm not running a tftp server. Neither link exploits any purported weaknesses in cookies or Java. <<<< I agree, they get the message across in an alramist way, but they make a point. Are you saying there are no security risks with Java??? A person I know is soon to be Sun Certified (If that doesn't mean anything, well lets just say this person is pretty damn sharp - network/security consultant for large compaines), you wouldn't believe the things this person has seen. Security risks are there..PERIOD.