Re: Java

[Mike Shaver <shaver @ neon . ingenia . com>]

Adam Jack mumbled something vague about:
> > You can't tell which pages will have applets, but you _can_ mandate
> > that the users only use non-Java(tm)-aware browsers.  (Yes, Netscape is
> > releasing such beasts.)
>
> 	My turn at playing the broken record. However - since Sun have left few
> 	centralized control options (using HTTP & user config) - I think this is 
> 	a useful tip.
> 
> 	Trap all http://*.class requests at the firewalls HTTP proxy. Denying
> 	them should affect only Java applets.  (OK - application firewall
> 	soln only. But even packet filter only sites should have an internal
> 	cached HTTPD IMHO.)

Works great iff the person writing the page doesn't get wise and
rename the class file to MyApplet.wonky or some such.

I suspect that many people will try the *.class solution, and it will
quickly become standard for anyone who "really wants people to see
their cool applet" to rename it.

Mike

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