Sure you can. You just have to either make sure 0x123456 is a memory
location the applet is allowed to access, or fault. This is a
function of the byte code interpreter. The Linux kernel allows C
programs to do *(char *)0x123456 = 0x78; for example, but that doesn't
give them access to arbitrary memory locations. This is a feature of
the CPUs used. When you write a byte code interpreter (or compiler)
you are doing a "virtual CPU", in effect, so you can define it to have
whatever security features you choose.
Note that that doesn't mean the Java spec supports this kinds of
operations (AFAIK it doesn't) but it doesn't mean it isn't possible.
-hpa
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