Re: Connecting to the as/400

["Luther Ananda Miller" <LAM_SoftTel@xxxxxxx>]

Yes, there are security issues. I am not sure what Dan wants to do -- if it
is an internal app on an intranet then this might not be a bad idea. An
Applet IS allowed to connect back to the server where it was served from,
though, so that shouldn't be a problem. Whether or not you want to open a
database connection from an Applet over the the Internet is another story...
the connection would not be encrypted. I recommend the IBM redbook Java
Network Security. Very informative..

Luther

LAM_SoftTel@usa.net -- http://www.lanandam.com
-----Original Message-----
From: pluta@nexgensoftware.com <pluta@nexgensoftware.com>
To: JAVA400-L@midrange.com <JAVA400-L@midrange.com>
Date: Friday, 19 March 1999 15:42
Subject: Re: Connecting to the as/400


>
>
>
>>You could have a Java Applet use the AS/400 Toolbox for Java classes,
>>including JDBC drivers to connect. Another possibility to is to use
servlets
>>on the AS/400 side, or Net.Data, embedded in the HTML pages.
>
>Up until now, I've avoided applet programming.  Aren't there security
issues
>with trying to get to an AS/400 (or indeed just about any physical
resources)
>from an applet?  I thought the "sandbox" concept prevented that sort of
>connection.


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