# Need to quickly deploy a signed 1.2 plugin applet

Bilton, Sasha (Sasha.Bilton@BSKYB.COM)
Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:37:35 -0000

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    From: "Bilton, Sasha" <Sasha.Bilton@BSKYB.COM>

    To: "'java-security@java.sun.com'" <java-security@java.sun.com>

    Subject: Need to quickly deploy a signed 1.2 plugin applet

    Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:37:35 -0000

Hi,

Is there anyway of deploying a 1.2 signed applet running via the plugin? I
only way I can see to do at the moment is the low tech cut & paste techique,
some over work admin persons going around to our several hundred users
machines and installing the policy files.

Even if we put the files on a server each client would have to be configured
to look at those files

I worked out that it would take about 10 minutes per
installation/configuration and we have a minumum of 200 clients machines -
thats 33.3 hours work or almost a week real time. Now during this time the
user can't work so it's also 33 hours lost. (note these times don't include
the fact that we run serperate sites). This isn't acceptable to us or our
admin department.

Is there someway of having the plugin ask the user if they wish to accept
software as trusted like certain not-to-be-named browsers do?

Please say yes!

Thanks in advance
Sasha

    --
    Sasha Bilton.
    "I met a girl upon a stair who wasn't there."

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