Appendix D

Web Browser Configuraiton


Java Security

Java Security Level

As we know, there are three security levels designed for Java applets, the three security levels are described as follows:

 


WebMan and Java Security Level

WebMan contains Basic Management and Advanced Management functions. Basic Management will be affected Java security level 1 and 2. Basic Management will be affected by Java security level 1 and 2. Advanced Management will be affected by Java security level 3. See table D-1.

Table D-1: The Relationship of Java Security Level and WebMan functions

Java Security Levels

Levels

1

2

3

Function

Remote

Source Host

File Access

Remote Source Host Networking

I/O

Any Party Host Networking I/O

Local File I/O

HTML and Applet

RMON, VLAN,

SNMP Browser,

Device Manager

SNMP Trap Function

Save/Print

Functions

WebMan

Basic Management

Advanced Management


JDK1.1 Compliance Web Browsers

The Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and Netscape Communicator 4.05 are recommended to use as JDK1.1 compliance Web browsers. The Java security level of Netscape Communicator and Microsoft Internet Explorer is described as follows:

 


7 Steps to Set Java Security

The following section will introduce how to set Java security for Microsoft Internet Explorer step by step. There are seven steps described as follows:

  1. Choose View / Internet Options in menu bar, see Figure D-1.
  2. Press Security tag in the Internet Options dialogue, see Figure D-2.
  3. Click Custom radio button, then press the Settings button in the right-bottom corner, see Figure D-2.
  4. Click Custom button in the Security Setting dialogue, see Figure D-3.
  5. Press the Java Custom Settings button in the left-bottom corner, see Figure D-3.
  6. Press Edit Permissions tag in the Internet Zone dialogue, see Figure D-4.
  7. Click Enabled radio button under Run Unsigned Content, see Figure D-5.

 

Figure D-1: Selecting Internet Options

Figure D-2: Selecting Security Tag and Custom Button

Figure D-3: Selecting Custom and Java Custom Settings Buttons

Figure D-4: Selecting Edit Permission and Enable Buttons

 

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