# applet and security

wich (wich@hob.de)
Tue, 15 Jun 1999 16:58:49 +0200

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    Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 16:58:49 +0200

    From: wich <wich@hob.de>

    To: java-security@java.sun.com

    Subject: applet and security

hello,

we have programmed a java-applet that requires java 1.2 plugin and that
wants to establish a socket connection and writes to a local file.

in java 1.1 it was possible (at least for netscape navigator and ie) to
sign it so that -when you ran the applet - a dialogue box was shown
where one could read something like "granting the following is high
risk, certificate is..." and so on.
So the user could decide if he/she wanted to grant or deny.

in your homepage i read that in java 1.2 the user has to configure
his/her policy file, which in my opinion is a bit complicated for some
(silly) users and is against the spirit of java.

so is it correct that it is not possible to do it the 1.1-way and why
did you change that ?

best regards

uli wich

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