Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 11:45:44 -0800
Message-Id: <199611211945.LAA06939@games.eng.sun.com>
From: Li Gong <li.gong@Eng>
To: msb <jacob.bardin@sundc.East.Sun.COM>
Subject: Re: JAVA security - Logons?
In-Reply-To: jacob.bardin@sundc.east's mail of Mon, 18 November, 1996
In JDK1.2 we will offer support for (very simple) login protocols,
initially based on password. This should enable an application to
perform user authentication. I do not understand exactly what "access
to applet" means (simple access control to web pages?), but it seems
doable :-)
Li
-- jacob.bardin@sundc.east writes: > On of my customers, MCI, has asked if/how we plan to offer a JAVA > userID/login function? > > MCI would like to have a "bunch" of applets, and restrict access to them > based on an established profile associated with user ID. In other words, > user A can access applets 1,2 and 3 while user B can access 2,3 and 4. I > can't seem to find anything in the JAVA achitecture that helps, though I > may well be missing something. Any suggestions or pointers would be > appreciated. > > Thanks > > Jacob >