"Rick Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is going off on a slight tangent, but the reason for the applet to use > the browser for the SSL connection is that otherwise the applet has to > download JSSE to have the HttpsURLConnection class. By using > URL.openConnection(), the applet doesn't have to worry about whether it's > SSL or not, and doesn't have to deal with a JSSE download - it just takes > advantage of the existing SSL support in the browser.
Okay, that makes sense. But you're saying that the browser is buggy...yet another reason why applet technology sucks. You might be better off using Java WebStart. Dan
