Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 18:07:12 -0500 From: "Alfred Perlstein" <perlsta@sunyit.edu> To: "Joe Shevland" <joe.shevland@horizonti.com>, <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Capriotti" <capriotti@geocities.com> Cc: <capriotti0@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: WebAdmin Message-ID: <199801291913.TAA07218@fang.cs.sunyit.edu>
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> None from me today :-). I think it'd be a good idea. One downfall with this > is the current version of the JDK (not the beta 1.2, but 1.1.5, I think) > will only allow connections from the client back to the server running the > httpd, using applets (unless you digitally sign the little beasties). > My original thoughts were not about post-install configs but this latest > stream seems the way to go (too many variables to be assumed to design a > Java/HTML/GUI installation cousin to sysinstall). > As far as security goes, this admind would have to have superuser > permissions, would it not? i find the java permission stuff very irritating, it is very good, however browsers should run the applet, but stop it and allow the user to decide if he/she wants it to be able to make such connections this time, in the future, or always... this also applies for other stuff, it would be cool to have an applet be able to access the system files, but the user could have the browser stop and check each file access... (maybe with the netscape source comming out this could be implemented...) -Alfred > > > If the tools is general/customizable enough, > > and can be used by other Unix systems, Java could be a way of spreading > > this code and the the Free idea. > > I agree. I think Java and FreeBSD could become (are becoming, have > become...) a very powerful combination. If you want a collaborator feel > free to mail me... > > Joe. >
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