From: "Harold" <hblank@pxlmagic.com>
To: <java-security@java.sun.com>
Subject: Applets and the File System
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 13:50:53 -0500
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Hello. I recently sent a letter to Sun regarding a requested feature =
which would allow me to pop up a dialog box and let the user browse his =
file system, select an image file and then display the image in the =
applet. Because of the tight security, this was looking rather hopeless =
and I feared I would have to use ActiveX controls only. Then I received =
a reply from Sun which mentioned signed applets and policy files. So I =
read information on signed applets and policy files. In the end, I am =
right back where I started...activeX. So, either I misread things or =
the signed applets require the user to create a policy file (like a user =
will know how to do that). With ActiveX, the user simply clicks an OK =
button which allows the activeX control access to resources it would not =
normally have. Can Java security not come up with a similar method? =
One which does not require the intervention of a mostly ignorant user =
base? Or am I ignorant in that Java does have such a feature?
Thanks
Harold L. Blankenship
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