Re: Netscape.security.AppletSecurityException on db Connect

I attempt the following in an applet named PWEntry.class and in an
application
named TextInterface.class to connect to a local postgres database named
ctfilm
as user Paul with no password:

url = "jdbc:postgresql://127.0.0.1/ctfilm?user=Paul&password=NONE";

You can omit everything starting from '?user...' if you like, as you're
passing in the username and password below.
.
.
DriverManager.getConnection(url, "Paul", "");

This works fine from command line application; trying to load the applet
into
Netscape produces this error:

netscape.security.AppletSecurityException: security.Couldn't connect to
'127.0.0.1' with origin from 'local-classpath-classes'.

I'm using Apache.

Do you use in the URL for the browser something like
'http://127.0.0.1/...'? Applets are restricted (for security reasons) in
that they can only make network connections back to the IP address/host
they were served from. If Apache is listening on another interface
(192.168.x.x or whatever), you'll need to use a different JDBC URL e.g.
jbc:postgresql:192.168.x.x/ctfilm (or alter your browser URL to
http://127.0.0.1/...)

Regards,
Joe