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Trail: Security in Java 2 SDK 1.2

## Lesson: Quick Tour of Controlling Applets

> This lesson gives a brief introduction to some of the new security features. It shows how resource accesses, such as reading or writing a file, are not permitted for applets unless explicitly allowed by a permission in a policy file.

> The steps for this lesson are

> > 1. Observe Applet Restrictions

> > 2. Set Up a Policy File to Grant the Required Permission

> > 3. See the Policy File Effects

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