There problems are tentatively fixed in the NPS prototype by running custom Java daemons (called 'bridges') at all participating hosts. These daemons are compiled using JDK 1.1 (and hence support multicasting) and packaged as standalone Java applications (and hence are free of applet security restrictions and can open connections to multiple hosts) |
Each Netscape applet opens connection to its bridge and reads PDUs from all other nodes via a single bridge socket. |