On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 12:14:42PM -0400, Chris Devers wrote: > > Well, that specific example anyway :) I suspect a signed Java applet > > could work on other systems. > I thought Java applets were sandboxed, and that access to the filesystem > was explicitly not allowed. Have things changed in the past few years? I > thought the whole point of Java applets was that they were "safe", in > part, because they couldn't interact with the underlying filesystem.
That's true for standard applets, but I *think* that a digital signature and the user granting permission will let them escape the sandbox. I wouldn't swear to it, I've done very little with applets. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
