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Re: You CAN'T deploy applets written in Swing.

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From: Shaun and Diane
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 00:00
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>[This followup was posted to comp.lang.java.gui and a courtesy copy was
sent
>to the cited author, SAM]
>
>On 19 Aug 1998 14:06:51 GMT, twun@cs.rmit.edu.au (SAM) wrote:
>
>| Steve Wilson <steve@emer.com> writes:
>|
>| sorry, what do you mean by "signing" an applet?
>
>From the Java FAQ <http://www.afu.com/javafaq.html> Section 15:
>
>"JDK 1.1 introduced the notion of a "trusted applet" which is one that has
>been cryptographically signed to guarantee its origin and make it
>tamper-resistant. Trusted applets can be granted more system access
>privileges than untrusted applets."

Kind of like digitally signed ActiveX controls :)

Shaun

>
>HTH
>
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From: "Shaun and Diane" <mcaravey@teleport.com>
Subject: Re: You CAN'T deploy applets written in Swing.
Date: 1998/08/20
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