ID#:3236 General Comment

kevin.goode@Eng
Mon, 22 Jun 1998 10:32:11 -0700

From: kevin.goode@Eng
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 10:32:11 -0700
Message-Id: <199806221732.KAA07162@cha.eng.sun.com>
To: java-security@java0.javasoft.com
Subject: ID#:3236 General Comment

The following Incident has been forwarded to you by keving:
ID#:3236 General Comment

Comments:

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> From: <markw@cheerful.com>
> Reply-To: markw@cheerful.com
> Subject: General Comment
>
> Name: Mark Wilkinson
> Email: markw@cheerful.com
> Organization: Sitegeist Media
> Phone Number: 0221 581 223
> Location: Europe
> System: Win95
> Referring URL: http://java.sun.com/sfaq/
>
> FAQ page ambiguity:
>
> On your FAQ page about Java security it states something
> to the effect that "Java applets loaded into a java-enabled
> browser are not able to read or write files **at all**". This
> statement is ambiguous - Applets ARE able to read files that
> are resident on the originating host (and I have an applet
> to prove it!).
>
> The reason I bring this up is because I was searching the site
> for information that might help me resolve my current problem
> with security exceptions while writing to a file on the server.
> At first I read this statement and interpreted my situation as
> a lost cause, but then I realized that the statement must be
> referring to the client's machine only...
>
> Anyway, just a comment. Otherwise, a great site!
>
> Mark
>
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