From owner-freebsd-java Thu Jul 19 0:31: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F36E337B401 for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2001 00:31:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from K.J.Koster@kpn.com) Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Thu, 19 Jul 2001 09:31:04 +0100 Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FD9DA7@l04.research.kpn.com> From: "Koster, K.J." To: 'j mckitrick' Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: java permission question (non-BSD) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 09:31:03 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dear Jonathon, > > I know this isn't BSD specific, but I thought it would be a > good place to ask in case this is a BSD issue I am unaware of. > It isn't. :) > > I have an applet downloading from a www node, but the file > exists on an afis > node. In other words, the codebase is different from the > address of the > machine running rmiregistry. So, for security reasons, the > applet throws an exception when the attempt is made. > As expected. > > My current policy file includes connect, accept, and resolve > for the java server running RMI. How can I get the applet to > call this server? > Sign the applet and let your users accept the signature. A signed applet has access to the whole PC. I've never tried it myself, but I'm interested in your findings. Kees Jan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message