Applet Security and Web Servers

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Hi,

I know that applets cannot read or write to the client's file system and cannot communicate with any network server other than the server from where the applet code is served.

My question is that given these security measures, is it possible to have an applet read the contents of a directory on the web server, and display this list of files in a browser window on a client machine?

I am doing this is Java 1.1 (so my users won't have to use the Java plug-in).

I don't think this should be a big deal, since the web server is where the Java code origianlly exists, and applets are not restricted from commimicating with their web servers.

Thanks,

Steve Cromer

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Hi,
I had this very problem yesterday..u can read a file from the webserver if u have granted permission in the policy file..
check this link..hope this helps..

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Hi,
I had this very problem yesterday..u can read a file from the webserver if u have granted permission in the policy file..
check this link..hope this helps..
http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0052.html

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hello,
i have now a problem to write a simple file on my local user.
do you know if an applet can do this?
and if not, how can i do? i heard about buying certificate. what do you think about this?
thank you you very much in advance for your time,
olivier.

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Single way is signing of your applets. Also you can use JavaWebStart application, he has services for work of files(It similar "FileUpload" interface in HTML).

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Melnikov V
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