Hi.
I have an
applet which accesses several local notepad.txt files. They are all on the same logical volumn and directory i.e. the html, the applet and the notepad.txt files.
The question is : do I really need a signed applet to access the text files, seeing how they are all in the same directory?
There has been contradictory answers, from "yes" to "no" to somewhere in between "
You should always use a signed applet".
Although I've a self-signed certificate for
testing purposes, for simplicities' sake and to save time, I'd rather not use it until I've bought a Verisign or Thawte.
So the question again: do I really need a signed applet to access local text files in the same directory as the applet and the html that launches the applet. That is to say, getCodeBase() and get DocumentBase() have same values ? Yes, I've read the online documentation and O'Reilly's "OpenSSL" , which I thoroughly recommend.
I am doubting whether I really need a signed applet because I can easily access jpegs images, too easy. I can't see the exact reason why I should not be able to have my own applet read a local text file in the same directory as the applet.