TransferHandler under the JDK 1.5

Question

There is a problem with TransferHandler in applet under the JDK 1.5.
For example, try to execute an applet with the code from the classic sample of Tutorial http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/misc/dnd.html#cut. Any actions do not work through the menu items :-( Maybe are anyone who faced with this?

Answer 1

These are obviously excellent reasons not to use stack smashing protection in the official Sun binaries.
However, if one does not care for speed, there might be a small chance that it could be sane to compile the jvm on ones own with a stack smashing protection enabled compiler.
concerning 4): The fact that Java prevents buffer overflows was one of the main reasons to use Java for this application. But I am also concerned about the very minuscule chance that the JVM itself might be attacked by a buffer overflow exploit. The Java application makes use of sockets to establish a data connection. Maybe there might be a bug in the jvm, which enables malicious TCP packets to crash the jvm and exploit a buffer overflow.
Do I understand it correctly, that Sun does neither offers 1.5.0_00 -> 1.5.0_04 patches, nor the 1.5.0_04 source code, but only the 1.5.0_00 source code? Is this a concious decision (i.e. a Sun policy)?
I could perfectly understand such a decision, because it could be a measure in order to force Java users to use the Java/Solaris/UltraSparc combination for cases where reliability/security really is mission critical, which would obviously be a sane business decision by Sun.
But I only would like to make sure that I do understand the facts correctly: The source code is really only intended to be used for research purposes as it is not patched?