Hi all, Hi tchize, Am Mittwoch, 19. Juli 2006 11:51 schrieb Tchize: > Hi, > > I have quite a good amount of experience with webstart. One of the main > drawback of webstart is that it comes from a web environment, that mean > the running application will be in a sandbox, limiting it's > possibilities. It can't access disk space, it can't store datas in user > directory, it can't open network connection. Unless you explicitly put > it as a trusted application, that mean you then need to sign it with a > certificate, and such certificate cost money. You could use a selfsigned > certificate, but then you remove all security, which is a problem in a > web environment where you can't trust. The experimental versions already are with self-signed certificates and request all-permission. I do not see any difference in trust between the completely unsigned Gridarta downloaded from the web and Gridarta signed with a self-signed certificate.
Maybe I'd even invest these 30 EUR or whatsoever for a properly signed certificate. Cu :) -- Christian Hujer Free software developer E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.riedquat.de/ _______________________________________________ crossfire mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire
