Editing Java applet (section)

=== Signed ===
A signed applet<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=433382&seqNum=2|title=Java Applet Security {{pipe}} Java 2 Platform Security {{pipe}} InformIT|website=Informit.com|access-date=22 March 2022}}</ref> contains a signature that the browser should verify through a remotely running, independent [[Certificate server|certificate authority server]]. Producing this signature involves specialized tools and interaction with the authority server maintainers. Once the signature is verified, and the user of the current machine also approves, a signed applet can get more rights, becoming equivalent to an ordinary standalone program. The rationale is that the author of the applet is now known and will be responsible for any deliberate damage.{{vague|date=October 2010}} This approach allows applets to be used for many tasks that are otherwise not possible by client-side scripting. However, this approach requires more responsibility from the user, deciding whom he or she trusts. The related concerns include a non-responsive authority server, wrong evaluation of the signer identity when issuing certificates, and known applet publishers still doing something that the user would not approve of. Hence signed applets that appeared from Java 1.1 may actually have more security concerns.