applets vs jsp pages security

[simo_mon]

hi there,

i have an application that writes its results to a database, and now i need to build a web interface that clients can log into to read some results from the data base,,

i have done some reading and noted that it can be done in an applet ( its a mysql database )... which seems like the easiest solution.. but i was wondering if this is as secure as using jsp pages ...

the basic idea is that they will enter a
username;
password;

which is checked against records in the data base and if successful are redirected to a summary page where they can look at the results...

any commentary or direction to further reading would be greatly appreciated..

[masijade]

An Applet would not function through a proxy, for one, for two, you would have to open the DB to the public, leaving it available for "crack" attempts, and other "little" things like that.

Use servlets/jsp or even CGI/PHP/whatever you want.

[simo_mon]

thanks for the advice,
did some more reading , i think i was just being lazy :)
set up tomcat...made servlets all good

thanks again for the response