# Security.addProvider() not allowed in applets?

Mike Hanafin (mike@baltimore.ie)
Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:52:38 +0000

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    Message-Id: <199802191552.PAA21617@cougar.baltimore.ie>

    To: java-security@web2.javasoft.com

    Subject: Security.addProvider() not allowed in applets?

    Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:52:38 +0000

    From: Mike Hanafin <mike@baltimore.ie>

This question may be more Netscape related but still:

While I know that Security.addProvider() isn't normally allowed from applets
(needing access to java.home for one), surely it should be possible withing
Communicator by using the Capabilities API to grant privileges to your applet.
My understanding was that applets could be allowed to do everything that
applications can - am I mistaken here? It doesn't make sense that if I trust
an applet implicitly it is then prevented from doing something an application
can...

Many Thanks,

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