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Re: Another Method to Block Java Hijinks

norvid wrote:
On 4/5/07, James Muir <jamuir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
norvid wrote: 

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I've heard that properly configuring a firewall can be tricky.  In any
case, using a firewall still doesn't protect from Java applets reading
identifying information locally and sending it back through the
anonymous connection.


Actually, I believe that with the browser denied access to the
internet, the normal 2-way java applet communication is prevented.
Please try the test I mentioned.

In the tests that I have done previously, the Java VM inherits the proxy settings listed in the browser (at least this is what is supposed to happen; sometimes this does not happen). So if the browser is configured to use Privoxy and these setting are communicated correctly to the Java VM, what is there to stop a Java applet from sending back data through Privoxy?

-James