Applet connection to remote MySql - HELP

Question

Hi:
I've got an applet that connects to a MySql database (4.1).
As long as I try to connect to the MySql server on the machine the applet is running on (my development computer), everything works great.
I'm using this jar as the MySql connector:
mysql-connector-java-5.0.3-bin.jar
I can connect to the remote MySql server (also 4.1) with MySql Administrator and also with .NET, no problem.
BUT - when I try to connect to the remote MySql server from the Applet I get an 'access denied' error.
I also tried it from the applet set up as a Java application with a main function. If I try to connect to the local MySql server, no problem. If I try to connect to the remote machine I get a 'connection timeout' error.
I should add that when I connect to the remote machine from MySql Administrator, the connection is almost instantaneous and with no problem.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Well, I've been over it and over it. I've read and tried everything I could find.
No matter what I do it won't connect.
The applet is signed, I don't need to learn how to do that.
The popup comes up and asks if I want to run it: I click YES
The connection works fine for the local database but not the remote one.
Again, I can connect to the remote one with MySql Admin just fine using the same parameters.
import java.*;
import java.sql.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.security.*;
public class DBaseConn extends java.applet.Applet {
    private java.sql.Connection  oCn = null;   
    private final String MySqlUrl = "jdbc:mysql://555.555.555.555:3306/mysql";
    private final String MySqlserverName= "555.555.555.555";
    private final String MySqlportNumber = "3306";
    private final String MySqldatabaseName= "mysql";
    private final String MySqluserName = "SomeUser";
    private final String MySqlpassword = "SomePassword";
    private final String selectMethod = "cursor";
    public String sErr = "";
    public void init() {
        // TODO start asynchronous download of heavy resources
    public java.sql.Connection OpenMySqlDBase() throws Exception
       try
            Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
            //oCn =  DriverManager.getConnection(MySqlUrl, MySqluserName, MySqlpassword);
            oCn = (Connection)AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction() {
                public Object run()
                    try
                        return DriverManager.getConnection(MySqlUrl, MySqluserName, MySqlpassword);                       
                    catch(Exception exp)
                        sErr = exp.getMessage();
                        return null;
            if(oCn!=null)
                sErr = "MySQL Connection SUCCEEDED!!";
                return oCn;
            else
                if(!sErr.equals(""))
                    sErr = "MySQL Connection FAILED with ERROR: " + sErr;
                else
                sErr = "MySQL Connection FAILED!";
                return null;
       catch(Exception exp)
           sErr = "MySQL Connection FAILED With ERROR!:\r\n" + exp.getMessage();
           return null;
}The error is:
Communications link failure due to underlying exception:
** BEGIN NESTED EXCEPTION **
java.net.SocketException
MESSAGE: java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.net.SocketPermission 555.555.555.555:3306 connect,resolve)
STACKTRACE:
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