Applet forcing users to re-authenticate

I have an applet that accesses a secure servlet using the URL object. The applet is inside a secure web application deployed in JBoss. When I load any pages without applets, everything works fine (if it is my first load, I will be forced to authenticate myself as expected).
The problem is when I try to access an html page that renders an applet via the object tag (using plug-in version 1.4). A new dialog box pops up with a picture of Duke on it and titled "Enter Network Password". It forces the user to re-authenticate themselves.
Is there any way I can suppress this dialog in my applet? Obviously the user shouldn't have to login twice. I have seen similar people posting a similar complaint in other forums (excuse the long link): http://search.java.sun.com/search/java/index.jsp?qp=&nh=10&qt=%2Bapplet+%2B%22enter+network+password%22&col=java&col=jdc&col=wireless&col=javaforums&col=javabugs&col=industry&col=solmark&col=codedrop&x=17&y=6
but the only response I saw of any help was that it was a bug, but was fixed in version 1.3.1 of the plugin. Well I'm using 1.4 version and it still doesn't work for me.
Any suggestions?
Andrew

Suggest investigating whether the proposed workaround involving enablement of Anonymous access/authentication defeats authentication before implementing it. My tests in a similar environment have shown that the workaround appears to defeat authentication. Makes sense as there is a reason Sun is addressing the issue (jdc bug #s 4518282, 4656979).
These tests can be tricky...Eg. IE likes to remember u/ps, etc. & you may need to close all IE sessions & "delete temp files / delete all offline content" between client tests.
Prior to this test we had only Basic Auth enabled for both external/SSL access & separately internal/LAN non-ssl dirs. Since you cannot use proprietary/MS-only auth prots, only Basic Auth with req. SSL encrypts u/p.
Anyway, here's what I did in a test environ:
1) Create new user account as target user (non-guest) for Anonymous access. Assign non-blank password (tried pass sync on & off - no diff).
2) Enable anonymous access using the new user account. Leave Basic Auth enabled too (just those two enabled).
3) Roam around & try to access the app from rebooted/cache-deleted client boxes.... Found that you are never asked for the password of the anonymous user (no surprise, that's what anonymous means & is for:)
4) As this apparently defeated authentication, rolled back test environs to prior state & am awaiting "mantis" release which might fix this properly.
Didn't really need to test this but had the time... The regression bug (from 1.3.1 -> 1.4.1) of having 2nd logon for SSL-protected basic auth sites is a big disappointment, but is attributed to incorp/use of JSSE HTTPS/SSL in plug-in instead of using browser's API. Perhaps the mantis fix implements code to query/use credentials known/cached within the browser?
Good luck,
Chris

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