# Applets in Netscape

Liji Nell (Lnell@crmcom.com)
Thu, 22 May 1997 09:26:26 +0100

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    Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 09:26:26 +0100

    From: Liji Nell <Lnell@crmcom.com>

    To: java-security@web2.javasoft.com

    Subject: Applets in Netscape

Hello there!!

Question1:
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I have a Java applet that connects to the SQL server and writes a local
paradox table. When I bring it up on the Communicator Pro Beta version,
it does writes to the local table.
Does not pose any security whatsoever? Is it because by design they
support the unsigned applets? Or am I missing something?
I was under the impression that we must have a valid certificate to
allow write access to the file sysytem on the machine. We didm download
a certificate for trail from verisign but it not linked to the
application anyway, since we have not used the JAR packager?
So shouldn't it not allow the applets to write to the table?

In Navigator 3.0 it produced errors cannot load driver NetscapeJdbcOdbc.
That why we downloaded the communicator.

Please help....!!!!

Question2:
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The Sun's JDK 1.1.1 had an applet signing kit called 'javakey'. If we
follow that technique and make sun's JAR file will that work in
Netscape(3.0)gold or Communicator Beta?
Please advise...

Thanks in advance,
Liji
Lnell@crmcom.com

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