An applet is only permitted to connect back to the originating server
IP that served the HTTP request. If you try to connect to a different
address, it will fail with a permissions exception. 127.0.0.1 is the
localhost loopback address, and would not work from a remote host
either.
Alex Turner
NetEconomist
On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 11:23:46 -0500, John Doggett <jdoggett@markem.com> wrote:
>
>
> Does anyone know why a connect call will fail with an
> AccessControlException:access denied(java.net.SocketPermission
> 127.0.0.1:5432 connect, resolve) from a browser delivered applet?
>
> The applet works fine in the debugger.
>
> I have PostgreSQL running in windows.
>
> Jay
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