Connect to a socket server using applet

[xikan wang]

I'm coding a socket program using VaJava 4.0.
I met a problem which was that I could't establish the connection between the socket server and the client that was an applet. I have been successfully running the server to listen, but when I used "new Socket(host, port)" to get a socket instance, an AccessControlException was thrown, which was associated with a SecurityPermission object. Then I assigned the previlege by calling function AccessController.doPrivileged, but it didn't work. Would you please help me? Thank you!

[Jack Liang]

There are serveral steps. First of all you need to sign your applet. This will based on what kind JVM you support in your browser side:
1. If use Microsoft VM, you need to sign your applet as a CAB file. In your code, you need to add following code before you make any network calls: PolicyEngine.assertPermission(PermissionID.NETIO);
You will need SDK tools: "makecert", "signcode"
2. If use Sun's JVM, make sure it is signed as JAR files. You will need "keytool" and "jarsigner".