Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970604110159.008d9c08@otter.hpl.hp.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 12:01:59 +0100
To: java-security@web2.javasoft.com
From: gareth gale <gng@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
Subject: Applet security article on Javasoft WEb site
In this article, it is stated that an applet can normally only see certain
system properties (e.g. OS version). More specifically, an applet cannot
normally see the user.name property. However, the article talks about how an
a file called "properties", located on the client in a directory called
./hotjava (placed in the same directory as a browser), will allow these
restrictions to be overcome (i.e. the file is created with an entry
user.name.applet=true). I've tries this but I still can't read the user.name
. Have you any suggestions ?
Regards,
Gareth Gale, Hewlett Packard