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For example: "foo.*" or "*" is valid, 0N/A * "*foo" or "a*b" is not valid. 0N/A * The following table lists all the possible NetPermission target names, 0N/A * and for each provides a description of what the permission allows 0N/A * and a discussion of the risks of granting code the permission. 0N/A * <table border=1 cellpadding=5 summary="Permission target name, what the permission allows, and associated risks"> 0N/A * <th>Permission Target Name</th> 0N/A * <th>What the Permission Allows</th> 0N/A * <th>Risks of Allowing this Permission</th> 2909N/A * <td>The ability to use the HTTP TRACE method in HttpURLConnection.</td> 2909N/A * <td>Malicious code using HTTP TRACE could get access to security sensitive 2909N/A * information in the HTTP headers (such as cookies) that it might not 2909N/A * otherwise have access to.</td> 2909N/A * <td>getCookieHandler</td> 2909N/A * <td>The ability to get the cookie handler that processes highly 2909N/A * security sensitive cookie information for an Http session.</td> 2909N/A * <td>Malicious code can get a cookie handler to obtain access to 2909N/A * highly security sensitive cookie information. Some web servers 2909N/A * use cookies to save user private information such as access 2909N/A * control information, or to track user browsing habit.</td> 3669N/A * <td>getNetworkInformation</td> 3669N/A * <td>The ability to retrieve all information about local network interfaces.</td> 3669N/A * <td>Malicious code can read information about network hardware such as 3669N/A * MAC addresses, which could be used to construct local IPv6 addresses.</td> 0N/A * <td>getProxySelector</td> 0N/A * <td>The ability to get the proxy selector used to make decisions 0N/A * on which proxies to use when making network connections.</td> 0N/A * <td>Malicious code can get a ProxySelector to discover proxy 0N/A * hosts and ports on internal networks, which could then become 0N/A * targets for attack.</td> 2909N/A * <td>getResponseCache</td> 2909N/A * <td>The ability to get the response cache that provides 2909N/A * access to a local response cache.</td> 2909N/A * <td>Malicious code getting access to the local response cache 2909N/A * could access security sensitive information.</td> 2909N/A * <td>requestPasswordAuthentication</td> 2909N/A * to ask the authenticator registered with the system for 2909N/A * <td>Malicious code may steal this password.</td> 0N/A * <td>setCookieHandler</td> 0N/A * <td>The ability to set the cookie handler that processes highly 0N/A * security sensitive cookie information for an Http session.</td> 0N/A * <td>Malicious code can set a cookie handler to obtain access to 0N/A * highly security sensitive cookie information. Some web servers 0N/A * use cookies to save user private information such as access 0N/A * control information, or to track user browsing habit.</td> 2909N/A * <td>setDefaultAuthenticator</td> 2909N/A * <td>The ability to set the 2909N/A * way authentication information is retrieved when 2909N/A * a proxy or HTTP server asks for authentication</td> 2909N/A * code can set an authenticator that monitors and steals user 2909N/A * authentication input as it retrieves the input from the user.</td> 2909N/A * <td>setProxySelector</td> 2909N/A * <td>The ability to set the proxy selector used to make decisions 2909N/A * on which proxies to use when making network connections.</td> 2909N/A * <td>Malicious code can set a ProxySelector that directs network 2909N/A * traffic to an arbitrary network host.</td> 0N/A * <td>setResponseCache</td> 0N/A * <td>The ability to set the response cache that provides access to 0N/A * a local response cache.</td> 0N/A * <td>Malicious code getting access to the local response cache 0N/A * could access security sensitive information, or create false 0N/A * entries in the response cache.</td> 2909N/A * <td>specifyStreamHandler</td> 2909N/A * to specify a stream handler when constructing a URL</td> 2909N/A * <td>Malicious code may create a URL with resources that it would 2909N/Anormally not have access to (like file:/foo/fum/), specifying a 2909N/Astream handler that gets the actual bytes from someplace it does 2909N/Ahave access to. Thus it might be able to trick the system into 2909N/Athat class really didn't come from that location.</td> 0N/A * @see java.security.BasicPermission 0N/A * @see java.security.Permission 0N/A * @see java.security.Permissions 0N/A * @see java.security.PermissionCollection 0N/A * @see java.lang.SecurityManager 0N/A * @author Marianne Mueller 0N/A * @author Roland Schemers 0N/A * Creates a new NetPermission with the specified name. 0N/A * The name is the symbolic name of the NetPermission, such as 0N/A * "setDefaultAuthenticator", etc. An asterisk 0N/A * may appear at the end of the name, following a ".", or by itself, to 0N/A * signify a wildcard match. 0N/A * @param name the name of the NetPermission. 0N/A * @throws NullPointerException if <code>name</code> is <code>null</code>. 0N/A * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>name</code> is empty. 0N/A * Creates a new NetPermission object with the specified name. 0N/A * The name is the symbolic name of the NetPermission, and the 0N/A * actions String is currently unused and should be null. 0N/A * @param name the name of the NetPermission. 0N/A * @param actions should be null. 0N/A * @throws NullPointerException if <code>name</code> is <code>null</code>. 0N/A * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>name</code> is empty.