Comments on: Why signed applet trust is a stupid question (and why SnapABug is not to blame) http://www.barklund.org/blog/2009/10/19/signed-applet-trust-stupid/ work smarter when building current web trends Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:48:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Barklund http://www.barklund.org/blog/2009/10/19/signed-applet-trust-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-132128 Barklund Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:55:26 +0000 http://www.barklund.org/blog/?p=406#comment-132128 Yes, if it is not signed from CA, it would ask you if this completely unknown, un-secure application could be given full access. When signed, it says as in the above picture the "named application" signed by "CA" would like full access to your computer. Yes, if it is not signed from CA, it would ask you if this completely unknown, un-secure application could be given full access. When signed, it says as in the above picture the “named application” signed by “CA” would like full access to your computer.

]]> By: Adam http://www.barklund.org/blog/2009/10/19/signed-applet-trust-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-131724 Adam Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:01:56 +0000 http://www.barklund.org/blog/?p=406#comment-131724 Useful article, thanks. Does the 'stupid question' still popup when the applet is signed with certificate from CA? Adam Useful article, thanks.

Does the ‘stupid question’ still popup when the applet is signed with certificate from CA?

Adam

]]> By: TimZon http://www.barklund.org/blog/2009/10/19/signed-applet-trust-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-89911 TimZon Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:32:35 +0000 http://www.barklund.org/blog/?p=406#comment-89911 Morten, Thank you for spending the time researching Java signed applets and how we use this functionality. We agree with you that this solution has limitations. If we had a way to ask users of our applet for access to only the resources we need, we would have done so. Increasing the trust that people have in our solution can only be beneficial and increase usage. But even with this limitation in mind we are still grateful that Sun gave us Java and the functionality we needed to provide our service. Thanks for a well written analysis. The TimZon team. Morten,

Thank you for spending the time researching Java signed applets and how we use this functionality.
We agree with you that this solution has limitations. If we had a way to ask users of our applet for access to only the resources we need, we would have done so. Increasing the trust that people have in our solution can only be beneficial and increase usage.
But even with this limitation in mind we are still grateful that Sun gave us Java and the functionality we needed to provide our service.

Thanks for a well written analysis.
The TimZon team.

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