On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Galbreath, Mark wrote: > Sure, but the client can also refuse permission to a signed applet > as well. And then there is the definition of "client." Is a > separate machine that is used to store files (e.g., an FTP server) > considered a client of the servlet?
It's very easy to determine what is a client of a servlet -- anything that sends requests to and receives responses from it. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark E. Zawadzki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Can a Servlet... > > > Technically, the server requests that the client send the cookie. > --- "Galbreath, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Uh uh...and in the case of a cookie? ;-) > > > > Mark > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Monte Gardner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:26 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Can a Servlet... > > > > > > No a Servlet can not access the hard disk of the client computer because > the > > servlet is running on the server. The only was for any Server side > > mechanism to access information on a local client hard drive is to > > send the client some code that the client will run (such as a signed > > applet), > > which will read the needed data from the client hard drive and send it > back > > to the server. > > > > > > --Monte Glenn Gardner > > > > > > On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Anoop Kumar V wrote: > > > > > no.. an applet cannot and should not be allowed to access the hard > disk.. > > in > > > order to prevent any malicious attempts.. > > > To answer the question, yes, a servlet can very well access the hard > disk. > > > > > > regards, > > > Anoop > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: S Srinivas Nayak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 7:40 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: Can a Servlet... > > > > > > > > > no may be an applet can do that for u > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: priya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 7:27 PM > > > Subject: Can a Servlet... > > > > > > > > > > Can a servlet access the hard disk of the client machine ... ??? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Priya > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > ===== > > Mark Zawadzki Performance Engineer/DBA/Programmer extraordinaire' > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build > bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to build > bigger and better idiots. > > So far, the universe is winning" > > Robert Cringle (columnist, author, host of "Triumph of the Nerds") > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! 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