Question

I’m trying to set up an application server to run a simple website and a Java client application that needs to communicate back to a Java server.

What I’d like to do is the following:

• Website/web application server at http://www.mydomain.com
• Applet and/or Java Web Start jar at http://files.mydomain.com
• Server listening on some port at http://server.mydomain.com
• Use unsigned Java files (in order to minimise barriers to users!)

Will this work given the Java security model? Or is there a better design?

Answer 1

better way is to manage your configuration under only one domain

* Website/web application server at http://www.mydomain.com
* Applet and/or Java Web Start jar at http://www.mydomain.com/files
* Server listening on some port at http://www.mydomain.server.com

You can use method of authentication for file access