Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Applet security override Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:55:14 -0800 Organization: Canadian Mind Products Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Roedy Green NNTP-Posting-Host: Z2l1DcCELS0rATq8NqV4Sw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:11632 On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:53:39 -0800 (PST), simplicity wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : >I edited java.policy.applet file - the one which is generated and sits >in the same location as CLASS files. The modified policy file looks as >follows: There are several problems with that technique. 1. Your computer may have a dozen policy files. You have to make sure you edit the correct one. 2. You can't very well ask others to fiddle their policy files. Most users don't even know what a file or text editor is. 3. Others in corporate environments are not permitted to modify their policy files. That is the sole responsibility of the IT department. see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/policyfile.html -- Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com One of the most useful comments you can put in a program is "If you change this, remember to change ?XXX? too".