Nelson B wrote:

Ian G wrote:

Where are these 'Grant' dialogs?


They were part of the browser when the Java engine was part of
the browser, as in Netscape 4.x.  They were used when a java
applet requested extra privilege.  Netscape had defined some
certificate extensions that were used by one or more CAs to
facilitate the display of CA logos.  NSS contained some code
to help the browser find the relevant logo URLs.  That code
is now "dead code", meaning that it is there in NSS, but nothing
ever calls it (or indeed can call it, since it's not exposed
outside of the shared library).


Actually Javascript can cause these dialogs. If you fetch Java script from an SSL site, it is treated as 'signed'. If the java script then requests some privellege, the user will get a Grant Dialog.


> Are they available under Firefox / Thunderbird?


Saw it just his week in Firefox.;)

bob


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