From: "Brandon" <[email protected]> > Applets can contact localhost and use FProxy to insert data about your > system to a known key for later trolling by attackers. There's a > workaround for this but it hasn't been implemented yet. Also, not everyone > trusts sandboxes. Some people would like to be warned about Java just in > case. I'd like the filter to be more configurable about this so that you > can turn on and off specific warnings.
Good point... yeah, I see the danger in applets, sure. > I am somewhat confused about the applet mode. You said that Lucene uses > segmented files to build a search database. An applet doesn't have access > to your HD. So how does the applet version of the search engine work? I have set up a demo: http://www.freegle.com/applet/applet.html - complete with source code (w/o Lucene itself). Just click into the text area, enter a query and press Enter. The applet code is supremely simple - just 3 classes. UI is far from perfect, of course. I currently put everything in one jar file (http://www.freegle.com/applet/freegle.jar) - applet and index. This way,
