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List:       firewalls-gc
Subject:    Re: intranet applets
From:       "Tracy R. Reed" <treed () straylight ! connectnet ! com>
Date:       1996-09-26 12:14:44
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On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Jean-Francois Zwobada wrote:

> Looking at java.sun.com, it seems that every browser has
> a SecurityManager which rejects any I/O access on files...Looks
> fine for Internet applets, but for internal known applets used for
> management purpose...

If you run the applet in the local java appletviewer, you can define your
own SecurityManager methods and access whatever files you like. I'm not
sure if Netscape will allow you to override the security manager or not if
you load the file from a local filesystem as opposed to over the web.


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