Questions tagged [stack-inspection]

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How does Stack Inspection work?

This is precursor to my other, more advanced question about Stack Inspection. Stack Inspection is a security mechanism introduced in the JVM to deal with running code originating from locations having different levels of trust. This is question aims…
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Limitations of Stack Inspection

This is a follow up to the How does Stack Inspection work? that explores the notion in more detail Stack inspection is a mechanism for ensuring security in the context of the JVM and CLR virtual machines when externally downloaded code modules of…
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