Re: Java and HTML and well known socket numbers

> back, why send one back?  Why send a whole big bloody applet back
> when you can use any number of protocols to talk back and forth.

Well, if you're running a public server, users might want to upload Java
applets to be run when forms are filled out, for example. (I.e., I might
want to replace insecure CGI scripts with "secure" Java applets, so I
don't need to hand-check all user scripts for security purposes.)

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Received on Tuesday, 4 June 1996 12:45:42 UTC