Applet Security
CPS714
Applet Restrictions
In general, applets
loaded over the net are prevented from
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reading and writing files on the client file system;
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obtaining information about clients' filesystem and environment configurations,
or any particular file and/or directory;
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making network connections except to the originating host;
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binding any network ports,
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starting other programs,
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loading libraries, or defining native method calls on the client computers;
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creating or manipulating any thread that is not part of the same ThreadGroup
as the applet;
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creating a ClassLoader
or SecurityManager.
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defining classes that are part of built in client side packages
Related Sites
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Applet
Security Restrictions
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Applet
Capabilities
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What
can applets do? - NPAC class notes