If you are planning on using the java plug-in....
Not directly Swing related, but if you are developing a Swing applet &
want
consistent cross-browser execution, you are probably requiring the Java
Plug-In. A real problem I've had in the past is providing the user with a
graceful way of granting my applet the rights it needs.... Seemed to me
that
central administration/access of security policy files was required or the
user had to use a command-line tool or policytool. There was a lot of
noise
on the comp.lang.java.* newsgroups about wanting a nice dialog like
natively
signed applets elicit in browsers.
Well, to my surprise, the 1.2.2 RC1 Java Plugin pops up a nice,
cross-browser dialog entitled "Java Plug-in Security Warning" and allows
the
user to grant the signer all perms for the session or forever. This is
great news to me & as I didn't see mention of it in the 1.2.2 RC1 release
docs, I thought this list would be interested. Am I right that the dialog
is new?
I find the mechanism working well (using Netscape object cert signed JAR
imports into both NN & IE certificate dbs and my 1.2.2 applet gets all the
rights it needs w/o using keytool/policytool at all). I have a GIF of the
dialog I can post if there is interest.
Regards,
Chris
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