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Quick Tour of Controlling Applets
Trail: Security Features in Java SE

Lesson: Quick Tour of Controlling Applets

This lesson shows how resource accesses, such as reading or writing a file, are not permitted for unsigned applets unless explicitly allowed by a permission entry in a policy file.

The steps for this lesson are

  1. Observe Applet Restrictions

  2. Set Up a Policy File to Grant the Required Permission

  3. See the Policy File Effects

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