IcedTea6 Mozilla plugin with OpenJDK6

[Achilleas Mantzios]

=CE=A3=CF=84=CE=B9=CF=82 Monday 13 September 2010 20:54:21 =CE=BF/=CE=B7 Ju=
ng-uk Kim =CE=AD=CE=B3=CF=81=CE=B1=CF=88=CE=B5:
> On Friday 10 September 2010 07:32 pm, Ivan Voras wrote:
> > On 11 September 2010 01:00, Jung-uk Kim <jkim at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > > On Friday 10 September 2010 06:13 pm, Ivan Voras wrote:
> > >> But I cannot start for example this one:
> > >>
> > >> http://java.sun.com/applets/jdk/1.4/demo/applets/ArcTest/example
> > >>1.h tml
> > >
> > > Probably you want to test it locally:
> > >
> > > file:///usr/local/openjdk6/demo/applets/ArcTest/example1.html
> >
> > Yes, the local copy works. So it is just failing to load applets
> > over the network? Could this be some convoluted Java security
> > problem?
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> I believe it just timed out for your environment.  In fact, there is a=20
> reverse problem, i.e., some applets do not work locally when they=20
> want to open local files. =20

Is that how it is supposed to be? applets work in the sandbox, and by defau=
lt
they are denied access to any local resource.
I remember i had to sign applets in order for them to be able to browse loc=
al directories.
And then the (self produced) certificate should be accepted by the client (=
browser).

> E.g., /usr/local/openjdk6/demo/applets/MoleculeViewer/=20
> and /usr/local/openjdk6/demo/applets/WireFrame/ fail because they=20
> cannot open files in subdirectory (models).  If anyone can reproduce=20
> the same problem under Linux environment, please file an upstream PR=20
> here:
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> http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/
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> > > BTW, IcedTea plugin is not 100% compatible with Sun/Oracle's.
> > > =A0Your mileage may vary. ;-)
> >
> > But the underlying Java is OpenJDK, right?
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> Almost. ;-) There is a big missing piece for applet support in=20
> OpenJDK, i.e., Web Start.  IcedTea team imported Netx as a=20
> replacement but it is not quite drop-in replacement, IMHO:
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> http://jnlp.sourceforge.net/netx/
> http://langel.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/icedtea-and-netx/
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> Jung-uk Kim
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