>>>>> "Roman" == Roman Kennke <roman@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: Roman> We are using the SystemProperties class throughout the Classpath code to Roman> access system properties and avoid the security checks in Roman> java.lang.System. However, I come to think that this is no good the way Roman> it is. This class is public and nothing prevents use of this class from Roman> application code. As I recall things in gnu.classpath should not be available to application code. The system class loader, or something, has to enforce this. I'm having some trouble with the details but I know Jeroen knows the details here... Tom