Re: How to communicate from HTML page with an IP which is not the web-server?

From:

"Andrew Thompson" <u32984@uwe>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Sat, 12 May 2007 17:35:43 GMT

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<7213629762430@uwe>

Daniel Dyer wrote:

I want that when the visitor in my website clicks on a particular
button - text will be sent to a certain port at a certain IP, which is
not the web server.

...

I understand that the applet will face security obstacles in both
sides, and that it should be signed. Does it cost money to have a
signed applet?

You can create a self-signed applet for free. The problem is that the
browser will put up a warning and a prompt

As an end user, I see that as a benefit.

...because it can't validate that
you are who you say you are.

No. It will put up a security warning even if the
digital certificate has been verified by Thawte or
Verisign.

The only difference is in the style of the dialog.
The dialog will note that the self-signed
certificate 'cannot be verified by a trusted
authority' or some such, but *no* certificate
gives an applet automatic (unchallenged)
unrestricted access to the local system.

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Andrew Thompson
http://www.athompson.info/andrew/

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