hi henning
what you said not correct.
servlets also have security restrictions.
for eg: in Java webserver
Any servlet loaded from a remote location can't access the local file
system, establish network connection etc.
a detailed explanation is given in jason hunter's book pages 237-241
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henning Brune" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: Security Issue?
> I think it is not a "security problem". Servlets are not restricted
> in any way like applets are.
>
> in a servlet you can do anything you could do in a java application.
>
> you could check this by trying to open the connection to the other
> host from a java application.
>
> -henning
>
> > bfloke wrote:
> >
> > I'm writing a servlet that open a connection to other host in Linux
> > (Redhat 6.2) and I the servlet seem to unable to connect to the other
> > host. Is it the security problem.
> >
> > Thanks.
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