# Re: Java security and NE4.0

Marianne Mueller (Marianne.Mueller@Eng)
Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:51:10 -0800 (PST)

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    Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:51:10 -0800 (PST)

    From: Marianne Mueller <Marianne.Mueller@Eng>

    Subject: Re: Java security and NE4.0

    To: java-security@web1.javasoft.com, sircosta@tin.it

> We have problem with Netscape 4.0 security System.
> Just a 2 question:
>
> 1)There is no way, for an applet, to read&write on local HD( being
> this applet on the same PC where we wont read&write?)

By default, an applet can't read and write on the local hard disk.
Netscape added some new features to allow people to add code to
their applets so that the applet could then read/write. For
more info on that see

http://developer.netscape.com/software/signedobj/index.html

That solution is not a Java standard solution, it's Netscape only.

>
> 2)We found a lot of people sying and writing that it is possible just
> putting the correct path in Classpath. We tryed but it didin''t work.
>

The typical workaround is to install your applet in a directory
on the CLASSPATH.
This has the effect that the applet is considered a local trusted
applet, and it should be allowed to read/write.

Marianne

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