Sockets,Push and Security

Carl Klapper (CarlKlapper@1stmtg.com)
Wed, 28 Jan 1998 17:19:37 -0500

From: Carl Klapper <CarlKlapper@1stmtg.com>
To: "'java-security@java.sun.com'" <java-security@web1.javasoft.com>
Subject: Sockets,Push and Security
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 17:19:37 -0500

The ability of an applet to create a server socket on the client machine
would be a natural implementation of push and, with a restriction of
only accepting connections from the originating machine, would satisfy
the security restrictions in place for client sockets on the client
machine. There does not appear to be any such capability. If there is,
where is it? If there is not, why not?

Carl Klapper