Thanks Richard I fixed the security problem by updating the machine's policy files - I also found out that signing the applet will have the same result for any user that accepts the certificate...
Pete P.S.: I didn't look straight away at security restrictions - e.g. the policy file - because the applet and the FTP connection were on the same host machine. However, it seems that this is not enough when there are 2 different resources envolved - the Web Server that served the Applet, and the FTP Server... -----Original Message----- From: A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's Java Servlet API Technology. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richard Yee Sent: 23 January 2002 08:55 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Servlet-Applet Communication What exactly is the exception? You might want to use the Java console of Netscape to show it. You might need to edit the java.policy file to grant the permission. Try searching www.javasoft.com for the exception that you are getting. -Richard At 11:39 AM 1/23/2002 +0530, you wrote: >Hi guys!!!! >This question seems a little off target but its somehow related to >servlets..... >my applet when it connects to a servlet from IE5.0 works fine..... >but when I use Netscape 4.7, it gives me >netscape.security.AppletSecurityException >why is it so??? >Can u please help me on this? > >Best Regards, >Kaustubh. > > >Revert Back to : <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html