# Re: Applets making network connections

Marianne Mueller (mrm@Eng)
Fri, 25 Jul 1997 14:13:23 -0700

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    Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 14:13:23 -0700

    Message-Id: <199707252113.OAA03162@puffin.eng.sun.com>

    From: Marianne Mueller <mrm@Eng>

    To: jasmin@csdc.fujitsu.com.sg

    Subject: Re: Applets making network connections

The fine-grained access control that you would like to do is supported
in the next major release of the JDK (the name for this is probably
JDK 1.2, but release names are subject to change ...!)

The first public release of that JDK is set for the fall of 1997.
Java licensees are experimenting with JDK 1.2; I'm not sure if Fujitsu
is a licensee or not. You can also sign up for early access for JDK
1.2 through the Java Developer Connection, http://java.sun.com/jdc

The typical ways to get around the applet's networking restriction is
to install the applet on all the clients that need it, in a directory
that is on the CLASSPATH, and then the applet is allowed full access.
I don't recommend doing this, but I know this is one way that people
get around the networking restriction. I think the better thing to
do is to use the fine-grain access control in JDK 1.2.

RMI per se won't remove any restrictions placed on downloaded applets.
Downloaded applets simply are restricted as to what they can do.

Marianne

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