Security exception in System.getProperty("http.proxyHost')

[Mark Riordan]

entitled "Preventing URLConnection from buffering entire output stream"
I indicated that I might have to write my own substitute for
HttpURLConnection because Sun's version buffers the entire
output before posting to the server.

Well, one problem with writing my own is that I need to implement
proxy support. This is an applet, and I would like to use the proxy
settings already set in the browser. HttpURLConnection uses these
automatically. But if I need to roll my own, I'll need to find these
settings for myself.

However, when I call System.getProperty("http.proxyHost"), I get
java.security.PrivilegedActionException
caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
caused by: java.security.AccessControlException

I was doubtful that the system would cough up the
proxy password, but apparently it won't even tell me the
proxy hostname.

Is there a way around this?

Thanks,

Mark Riordan
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