# Re: applets using Netscape

Charlie Lai (Charlie.Lai@Eng)
Mon, 5 Jan 1998 17:11:23 -0800 (PST)

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    From: Charlie.Lai@Eng (Charlie Lai)

    Message-Id: <199801060111.RAA01153@angeles.eng.sun.com>

    Subject: Re: applets using Netscape

    To: Sokolewicz.M@grainger.com

    Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 17:11:23 -0800 (PST)

    In-Reply-To: <nZ6eecf1.rsp-11704e7e@grainger.com> from "Sokolewicz.M@grainger.com" at Jan 5, 98 04:50:00 pm

hi,

> I'm writing an applet which will be used in-house on our intranet via an HTML
> file. This applet should run at least on Netscape Communicator
> (I've upgraded the Communicator so it will use Java 1.1.4),
> but would also be great if it worked with Microsoft junk (not my
> decision about the latter).
>
> In any case, the applet needs to be loaded from across the intranet
> and has to read a file on a person's local hard drive, something that's
> not possible by default. I've read the docs
> concerning jar and javakey. But before I bother my sysadmin I need to know:
> if I make the
> applet into a signed jar file, and the sysadmin does all that's necessary to
> identify that
> signature as trusted (as per the online docs), will the applet then be able to
> read the local file?

unfortunately, at this point in time to get the applet to run on
netscape, you'll have to read:
http://developer.netscape.com/software/signedobj/index.html

to get the applet to run on IE:
http://www.microsoft.com/security

currently netscape and IE can't handle javakey-signed jar files because
they don't support the DSA algorithm (which javakey uses).

charlie

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