ExploitingSASSoftwareUsingJavaTechnology-Abstract.PDF

® Exploiting SAS Software Using Java™ Technology Barbara Walters, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC Java programs are often delivered via the Internet. In order to protect the Abstract local machine from malicious programs, the Java language and the JVM provide a secure environment for application execution. The secure This paper describes how to use Java™ technology with SAS software. environment ensures that the client machine (the machine where the SAS Institute currently offers several Java development tools that allow browser is running) is not corrupted by the downloaded program and that applications to access SAS data and take advantage of SAS no information is stolen from the client machine. computational capabilities. This paper describes how to use these class libraries and address client/server configuration and performance Java security is based upon the “sandbox” model. The sandbox is the issues. set of resources (threads, socket connections, local files, etc.) that the downloaded Java code is allowed to access. The code is restricted from accessing resources outside of its sandbox. In executing Java applets,