136856 - API to provide authentication result to Java plugin

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 135840

(Core Graveyard :: Java: OJI, defect)

Description

[Andrew Hagen]

In Netscape 4.x, the JVM was built in to the browser. Thus, this bug did not occur. 

In Mozilla, the JVM is a plug-in. On many intranets and other sites, the browser
must authenticate to download the applet. Once downloaded, the JVM must
authenticate itself. To do this, it uses its own HTTP implementation. Currently,
Mozilla does not tell the JVM plug-in how to authenticate. Thus, the user is
required to login twice. To avoid the need to login twice, we need an API to
provide our authentication result to the Java plugin. 

See bug 60304 comment 51 for a better description.

This is not a duplicate of 60304. That bug is owned by a sun.com developer. This
is a Mozilla bug. To fix it, we need a new API. Because it's a new API, we need
it for 1.0. Setting this bug to block 60304.

Comment 1

[Andrew Hagen]

This new bug asks that Mozilla provide a new API to provide a Java applet with
authentication information. This is needed for Mozilla 1.0.

Comment 2

[Patrick C. Beard]

Wouldn't this be better handled by writing protocol handlers that use the
browser's network stack as suggested by bug #135840?

Comment 3

[Denis Antrushin]

> This is not a duplicate of 60304. That bug is owned by a sun.com developer. This
> is a Mozilla bug....
... and it's owned by sun.com developer! ;-)))

What the reason of having three bugs (at least) about the same problem?

Comment 4

[Andrew Hagen]

dupe

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 135840 ***

Comment 5

[Patty Mac]

Chris Petersen is a new QA contact for oji component. His email is:
[e-mail]

Comment 6

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

fixing small error for [e-mail] (filter with : SPAMMAILSUCKS)