RE: [xmlblaster] applet security problem

["Madere, Colin" <colin.madere at ieminc.com>]

Well, we're trying to avoid having to make users change browser policies so
that's not really an option.  Why does xmlBlaster need any system properties
or is this just a side-affect of using the "jutils" library?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Cyrille Giquello [SMTP:cyrille at ktaland.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, April 23, 2003 4:18 PM
> To:	xmlblaster at server.xmlblaster.org
> Subject:	Re: [xmlblaster] applet security problem
> 
> Osterman, Forrest a écrit:
> 
> >Hi guys,
> >I am having a problem getting a simple applet example that connects to
> >xmlBlaster and subscribes to run. When I load it, I get the error below.
> >The stack trace below shows that system.getProperty() is being called
> which
> >I believe is not allowed due to applet security. Is there a way around
> this?
> >
> >java.security.AccessControlException: access denied 
> >(java.util.PropertyPermission property.verbose read)
> >
> >at
> >java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.j
> ava
> >:270)
> >at
> java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:401)
> >at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:542)
> >at
> java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPropertyAccess(SecurityManager.java:1291)
> >at java.lang.System.getProperty(System.java:572)
> >at org.jutils.init.Property.checkArgs(Property.java:1229)
> >at org.jutils.init.Property.init(Property.java:405)
> >at org.jutils.init.Property.<init>(Property.java:217)
> >at org.xmlBlaster.util.Global.initProps(Global.java:592)
> >at org.xmlBlaster.util.Global.initProps(Global.java:577)
> >at org.xmlBlaster.util.Global.<init>(Global.java:183)
> >at
> com.ieminc.webpuff.service.MsgViewerApplet.init(MsgViewerApplet.java:62)
> >at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(AppletPanel.java:348)
> >at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)
> >
> Hello,
> 
> What is your Applet browser ?
> Did you look in its preferences to try to make security more permissive ?
> 
> Some Applet browsers does not permit reading system properties.
> 
> cyrille
>