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Well, repolfx already pointed out a couple of issues with WASM security.

As for the links I will check them later. Thanks providing them.

No, repolfx didn't. There were some security bugs with WASM, but why shouldn't have that happened with Java Bytecode? Also the JVM isn't immune to security bugs either.

The point is that it did, with more than 20 years experience in production to fine tune its security.

WASM still needs to prove itself in similar scenarios.

Java's security is still terrible. Read up on the Joe-E work to see why.

"Fine-tuning security" is typically symptomatic of bad security design. Security is not a separable concern.

Well WASM has been fined tuned already, given the referred bug fixes.

I will read the paper later on.

"Fine tuned" != "bug fixes". Fine tuning means they start changing the security model and the properties it can enforce because it was poorly designed to begin with. That is the case with the JVM but not with WASM.

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