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Foil 56 What can applets do - III?

From Basic Principles of Java and Internet Security CPS616 Web Technologies -- Spring 98. by Geoffrey C. Fox


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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