sudo disappears after latest update

[jd1008]

On 02/11/2016 05:41 AM, Ian Malone wrote:
> On 10 February 2016 at 23:22, jd1008 <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am sorry to burst the bubble that was perpetrated by Sun Microsystems.
>> I worked at Sun Microsystems as a contractor and talked to a very senior
>> developer at Menlo Park. I knew this developer from working with him in
>> a previous company. Under my oath never to reveal his name, he clued me in
>> that the fictitious "sandbox" was the entire system. Sun was clever to use
>> the
>> term sandbox as a subterfuge for the silicon of the chips.
>> This "sandbox=entire system" was confirmed to me in an email from another
>> very senior developer who is still on this list, but will not expose his
>> name.
>> He confirmed that the sandbox is the entirety of the system.
>> Reason why some people will go to email flame wars on this issue is because
>> either it is their penny at stake, or they are obeying their superiors.
> Without details as to what language and vm it refers to unfortunately
> this is not a very useful anecdote. The plugin sandbox that firefox or
> edge use is not the same as a javascript sandbox in netscape (was
> there one?), or a java sandbox.
So, you keep sanctioning and spreading and supporting the illusion of 
security?
Such a sad position to adopt.