Hi,
Does anyone know if it possible to carry on using unsigned jar files to launch our webstart apps in JRE 1.6 (for codes that run outside the sandbox)?
We were able to do this in WebStart 1.5 by editing the javaws.policy file, but we're struggling to do the same in 1.6.
Thanks
Although it is not recommended to modify the java.policy files, you can still do so in 1.6.
The only difference is the codebase to which new permissions statements refer.
In 1.5 and before, you used a grant statement with a codebase attribute specifying a file url to the jnlp cache.
in 1.6 you need a codebase attribute specifying an http url pointing to the actual codebase of the application on the net.
/Andy
> Although it is not recommended to modify the
> java.policy files, you can still do so in 1.6.
> The only difference is the codebase to which new
> permissions statements refer.
> In 1.5 and before, you used a grant statement with a
> codebase attribute specifying a file url to the jnlp
> cache.
> in 1.6 you need a codebase attribute specifying an
> http url pointing to the actual codebase of the
> application on the net.
Would using an http URL for the permissions
also work in 1.1-1.5? Or did the pre 1.6 JRE's
have to use a file based URL?
Using the http URL seems a way of specifying
policy file based permissions that is much more
robust than 'chasing the cache' wherever the end
user or their Sys. Admin. might point it.