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From: Andrew Bennett
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 00:00

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Jean-Luc Bouchet wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to convert  an application into an applet.
> But my application uses JNI (DLL) and java.lang.Runtime.exec
>
> So, I've got a big problem with security (applets can't load DLL,
> applets can't start another program running on the client) ...
>
> Does anybody know a solution ?

One of the caveats of using applets.  You *might* be able to figure
out how to sign your applet archive, and from there, it might be
able to load the dll.

But it'll only work on some browsers, and not all of them.



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