On Thu, Jan 30, 2020, at 23:32, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > In general, size and complexity tend to hurt security, but i know > too little about Java to say how relevant that general rule of thumb > is to the question of running a daemon using a Java Virtual Machine. > For example, Perl 5 is also a fairly large and complex system, but > it still supports writing daemons that are secure enough for many > purposes, when used properly - even though i'd probably prefer a > simpler approach when i have a choice.
Trying to learn some valuable lessons from our interaction, could you give some examples of what you mean by 'simpler approach' in this context? Do you mostly do systems programming? Best regards, Patrick