How could the mere ability to run application "X" make an OS less secure?
Anyone can take a secure OS and by doing things to it make it less secure. If someone puts an application on that runs will root privledges with a security hole in it that allows for remote access with root priv's, how's that the fault of the OS?
If I'm going to drive 100mph through downtown without a seatbelt in my Volvo, I'm not really going to be able to claim that a Volvo isn't safe when I get into an accident. (Though I could sue and win a legal claim with that arguement, but we're talking about reality here.)
Java Enterprise System is not Solaris. From http://wwws.sun.com/software/javaenterprisesystem/ datasheet.html#5 (Java Enterprise System Datasheet)
Components
* Java System Directory Server 5.2
* Java System Identity Server 6.2
* Java System Directory Proxy Server 5.2
* Java System Application Server Platform Edition 7
* Java System Application Server Standard Edition 7
* Java System Message Queue Platform Edition 3.5
* Java System Message Queue Enterprise Edition 3.5
* Java System Web Server 6.1
* Java System Portal Server 63
* Java System Portal Server Secure Remote Access 6.3
* Java System Messaging Server 6.1
* Java System Calendar Server 6.1
* Java System Instant Messaging 6.2
* Cluster 3.1
* Cluster Agents for System components: Web, Application, Directory, Messaging, and Calendar Servers and Message Queue
Plus from the OS and Platforms it runs on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Solaris, the Operating environment, is still free (with restrictions).
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Anyone can take a secure OS and by doing things to it make it less secure. If someone puts an application on that runs will root privledges with a security hole in it that allows for remote access with root priv's, how's that the fault of the OS?
If I'm going to drive 100mph through downtown without a seatbelt in my Volvo, I'm not really going to be able to claim that a Volvo isn't safe when I get into an accident. (Though I could sue and win a legal claim with that arguement, but we're talking about reality here.)
Java Enterprise System is not Solaris. From http://wwws.sun.com/software/javaenterprisesystem/ datasheet.html#5 (Java Enterprise System Datasheet)
Components
* Java System Directory Server 5.2
* Java System Identity Server 6.2
* Java System Directory Proxy Server 5.2
* Java System Application Server Platform Edition 7
* Java System Application Server Standard Edition 7
* Java System Message Queue Platform Edition 3.5
* Java System Message Queue Enterprise Edition 3.5
* Java System Web Server 6.1
* Java System Portal Server 63
* Java System Portal Server Secure Remote Access 6.3
* Java System Messaging Server 6.1
* Java System Calendar Server 6.1
* Java System Instant Messaging 6.2
* Cluster 3.1
* Cluster Agents for System components: Web, Application, Directory, Messaging, and Calendar Servers and Message Queue
Plus from the OS and Platforms it runs on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Solaris, the Operating environment, is still free (with restrictions).