Patent ID: 7424550

Claim:
A method of creating a network connection between an applet executing on a client computer and a content server computer, the method comprising: providing a name file on the content server computer, the name file having at least one list specifying a type of access that is permissible between the content server computer and applets; determining a home site name for the applet, the home site name corresponding to a host name of a computer from which the applet was downloaded to the client computer; checking the name file for an association of a hostname entry with the at least one list in the name file, the hostname entry corresponding to the home site name for the applet, wherein checking the name file for an association comprises determining the at least one list in which the hostname entry is located and identifying the type of access that the at least one list specifies as permissible between the content server computer and the applet; and making a decision to allow or deny permission for the applet to create a network connection with the content server computer based on the at least one list with which the hostname entry is associated.