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Foil 56 What can applets do - III?

From Remarks on Internet and Java Security Basic Information Track Computational Science Course CPS616 -- Spring Semester 1999. by Geoffrey Fox, Mehmet Sen


Applets cannot make the interpreter exit through either System.exit() or Runtime.exit() methods.
Applets cannot load dynamic libraries on the client using load() or loadlibrary() methods of the Runtime or System classes
Applets cannot create or manipulate any thread that is not part of same ThreadGroup as the applet.
Applet cannot create a ClassLoader or SecurityManager
Applet cannot specify network control functions including ContentHandlerFactory, SocketImplFactory or URLStreamHandlerFactory
Applet cannot define classes that are part of built in client side packages



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