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


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