>>> Annette Strupp-Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 15-Jun-00 5:04:37 PM
>>>
>Can anyone suggest where I can read about if and how I
>can digitally sign a servlet so that it displays a list of file
>names and if the user selects a certain range of file names
>they are batch downloaded to the user's disk ? I
>have read Jason Hunter's "Java ServletProgramming"
>sections that touch various aspects of what I want to do.
>The user would have to give the servlet permission to
>write files in batch mode to the user's disk.
You're misunderstanding servlets.
Servlets are just web server components. They are like
mini-webservers. They're only job is to respond to network requests.
Servlets are therefore remote from a user's machine... there would be
no way that a servlet could write to your local drive.
Signing a servlet is really only necessary for ISPs who want to
ensure that the customers whoi submit servlets for running on the ISPs
webserver are who they say they are (and not some nasty person).
Applets can be signed to do what you want to do... though the process
is quite complex and off-topic for this forum.
Nic Ferrier
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