By default, the Web Start sandbox blocks access to the file system through conventional java.io access mechanisms; however, by requiring user interaction for every read and write, the FileOpenService ...

Java Network Launch Protocol (JNLP) files are used to launch applications from a hosted web server on a remote desktop client. Software such as Java Plug-in and Java Web Start programs use JNLP files ...

Java Web Start simplifies deployment of applications, but Sun's Plug-in makes the task even easier. See how the Java Plug-in from Sun enables browsers to fetch a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Java Web ...