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7120974: ManagementPermission "control" needs clarification

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Reviewed-by: mchung, dholmes
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Frederic Parain 2012-02-01 03:52:37 -08:00
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jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/management/ManagementPermission.java
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/*
* Copyright (c) 2003, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
* Copyright (c) 2003, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
*
* This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@ -46,12 +46,17 @@ at the permission allows, and associated risks">
* <tr>
* <td>control</td>
* <td>Ability to control the runtime characteristics of the Java virtual
* machine, for example, setting the -verbose:gc and -verbose:class flag,
* setting the threshold of a memory pool, and enabling and disabling
* the thread contention monitoring support.
* machine, for example, enabling and disabling the verbose output for
* the class loading or memory system, setting the threshold of a memory
* pool, and enabling and disabling the thread contention monitoring
* support. Some actions controlled by this permission can disclose
* information about the running application, like the -verbose:class
* flag.
* </td>
* <td>This allows an attacker to control the runtime characteristics
* of the Java virtual machine and cause the system to misbehave.
* of the Java virtual machine and cause the system to misbehave. An
* attacker can also access some information related to the running
* application.
* </td>
* </tr>
* <tr>