Re: JAVA security - Logons?

Li Gong (li.gong@Eng)
Thu, 21 Nov 1996 11:45:44 -0800

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
>