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This article investigates the security problems raised by the use of proxy-based runtime meta-object protocols (MOPs) for Java and provides an approach for making meta-level code transparent to base- level code, security-wise. We prove that, but giving all permissions only to the kernel of the MOP and by using Java’s built-in mechanism for propagating security contexts, the permissions required by base-level and meta-level code do not interfere. We illustrate this result in the context of a simple proxy-based runtime MOP that we wrote.
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Caromel, D., Huet, F., Vayssière, J. (2001). A simple security–Aware MOP for Java. In: Yonezawa, A., Matsuoka, S. (eds) Metalevel Architectures and Separation of Crosscutting Concerns. Reflection 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2192. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45429-2_9
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