Conclusion
Writing an applet rather than a stand-alone application to access the directory has some benefits:
Users do not need to install and configure the application. They can just load the applet from the Web server.
When you update your code, you just need to replace the applet on the Web server. You do not need to reinstall or upgrade an application on every user's machine.
Because of the sandbox restrictions on applets that run within browsers, you need to sign your applet and use the appropriate browser-specific calls to request permission to connect to the LDAP server on the network. In this chapter we have discussed the different procedures for doing this in Netscape Navigator, in Microsoft Internet Explorer, and in any browser using ...
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