I have heard of an alternate solution, where the name of the host is
passed to the applet as a parameter. I am not positive of the
implementation since it is not my program. If the author doesn't mind, I
will supply the source for this technique.
-dave
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Dimitris Vyzovitis wrote:
> >
> >
> > Yes, you are being blocked by Netscape's security manager. This is
> > working as designed. An Applet is not allowed to open a socket with any
> > host other that the host from which it was loaded.
>
> In my experience netscape has a different point of view on security policy. I had a
>similar
> problem trying to open a socket on the same host from which the applet originated,
>but it kept
> throwing me a security exception (while the appletviewer, hotjava or msie allowed
>me to open the
> socket).
> I suggest you tried the plug-in, it worked fine for me.
>
> Dimitris
>
>
