signed Java applications support?

George Staikos staikos at kde.org
Wed Mar 12 22:28:45 GMT 2003


This sounds like a great FAQ entry for konqueror.org....

On Wednesday 12 March 2003 17:28, Koos Vriezen wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying the web-cd-write software on my serveer - it's an application
> > that launches a java applet to let you upload files and burn them on your
> > server's CD-RW...
> >
> > URL: http://wwwhomes.uni-bielefeld.de/jhaeger/webCDwriter/
> >
> > The problem: When launched from Konqueror, it loads an applet but it
> > fails. With Mozilla it opens a windows and asks if I want to use this
> > signed application...
> >
> > Suggestions?
>
> If you installed webstart, you can launch it form konqueror using
> JavaTM Web Start 1.2  Start
> (after reading http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/, I dare to try)
> But the security Warning,
>
> This application is requesting unrestricted acces to you local machine
> and network ... It is highly recommended not to install and run this code.
>
> makes me feel hmmm :-)
>
> Koos

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