Re: Netscape security problems

Marianne Mueller (mrm@eng.sun.com)
Wed, 19 Mar 1997 10:53:25 -0800

Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 10:53:25 -0800
Message-Id: <199703191853.KAA29354@puffin.eng.sun.com>
From: Marianne Mueller <mrm@eng.sun.com>
To: sabba@metropolis.it
Subject: Re: Netscape security problems

> >I'm sorry, I'm really not familiar with these Netscape security
> >exceptions. Are you using Microsoft's compiler to compile the codes?
>
> Yes, MSVJ++ (jdk 1.0).
>
> >Try using the standard javac compiler from JavaSoft and see if
> >that compiled code runs on Netscape.
>
> Do you know where can I download the jdk for Linux?

I searched for "linux" on our http://java.sun.com web site and found
this:

http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html
The web page for the Java-Linux Porting Project

(This is a plug to try the search engine on the web site! :-))

>
> >As for the client-server connection: this should work fine on
> >Netscape.
>
> Someone says that you can connect an applet only with the host
> from where the applet has been downloaded from.

Yes, this is accurate. Check out the FAQ for Applet Security, at
http://java.sun.com/sfaq. See also http://java.sun.com/security for
other pointers to info about Java security.

By default, downloaded applets can only connect with the server that
they came from. This is one of the restrictions placed on downloaded
applets. We are working on infrastructure so that this will be
configurable.