Where is Visigenic Gatekeeper?

In building and running a CORBA applet, I get the following error appearing in the Java plugin's Console:
WARNING: Attempting to use HTTP Firewall Proxy Server
due to security restrictions: org.omg.CORBA.INTERNAL: Can not find GateKeeper: com.sun.CORBA.idl.AnyImpl@eb195745 minor code: 0 completed: No
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[Root exception is org.omg.CORBA.INTERNAL: Can not find GateKeeper: com.sun.CORBA.idl.AnyImpl@d31d5745 minor code: 0 completed: No]javax.naming.NamingException
at oracle.jbo.client.remote.corba.vb.VBrokerApplicationModuleHome.createNamingException(VBrokerApplicationModuleHome.java:247)
The JDEV documentation tells you how to configure and start the Gatekeeper and a gatekeeper.exe file is supplied in the jDEV_HOME\bin directory. However, I could not run the gatekeeper.exe successfully. When I try to run gatekeeper.exe as specified in the JDEV Help doc, I get the error message:
Can't find class com/visigenic/vbroker/gatekeeper/GateKeeper
The JDEV visibroker help (specifically "Modifying HTML for VisiBroker Deployment", "VisBroker Gatekeeper" subsection lists a number of jar files to include in your CLASSPATH. However, one of them, vbjgk.jar, is not included in the JDEV 3.1 or JDEV 3.1.1.2 distributions I have installed. It is also not included with the Oracle 8i distribution. There are a number of other vbjxx.jar files included; but not vbjgk.jar)
I think this jar is the one that contains the gatekeeper classes (I may be wrong on this, I'm presuming the "gk" stands for gatekeeper).
Can someone tell me where the Gatekeeper or Gatekeeper jar is?

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Thomas.Provenzano ():Since no one answered my question - I'll answer it myself! I found it at http://technet.oracle.com/tech/java/ejb_corba/index2.htm?Code&files/hotel/hotelHome.htm
...the Hotel sample application supplied by Oracle. Once there, click on the "Support" button near the top of the page (not the one on the side of the page). Click on the "Visigenic Gatekeeper Library" link and download the vbjgk.jar file. Copy it to your <jdev_home>\aurora\lib directory (where the other vbj jar files are and voila! you've it and can now set up to run the gatekeeper as described in the Jdev Help document entitled "Modifying HTML for VisiBroker Deployment"
(Note: you may have to get the other gatekeeper components from your 8i distribution; i.e., gatekeeper.exe and vbjruntime.dll)
In building and running a CORBA applet, I get the following error appearing in the Java plugin's Console:
WARNING: Attempting to use HTTP Firewall Proxy Server
due to security restrictions: org.omg.CORBA.INTERNAL: Can not find GateKeeper: com.sun.CORBA.idl.AnyImpl@eb195745 minor code: 0 completed: No
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[Root exception is org.omg.CORBA.INTERNAL: Can not find GateKeeper: com.sun.CORBA.idl.AnyImpl@d31d5745 minor code: 0 completed: No]javax.naming.NamingException
at oracle.jbo.client.remote.corba.vb.VBrokerApplicationModuleHome.createNamingException(VBrokerApplicationModuleHome.java:247)
The JDEV documentation tells you how to configure and start the Gatekeeper and a gatekeeper.exe file is supplied in the jDEV_HOME\bin directory. However, I could not run the gatekeeper.exe successfully. When I try to run gatekeeper.exe as specified in the JDEV Help doc, I get the error message:
Can't find class com/visigenic/vbroker/gatekeeper/GateKeeper
The JDEV visibroker help (specifically "Modifying HTML for VisiBroker Deployment", "VisBroker Gatekeeper" subsection lists a number of jar files to include in your CLASSPATH. However, one of them, vbjgk.jar, is not included in the JDEV 3.1 or JDEV 3.1.1.2 distributions I have installed. It is also not included with the Oracle 8i distribution. There are a number of other vbjxx.jar files included; but not vbjgk.jar)
I think this jar is the one that contains the gatekeeper classes (I may be wrong on this, I'm presuming the "gk" stands for gatekeeper).
Can someone tell me where the Gatekeeper or Gatekeeper jar is?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Disable Java in Safari > Preferences > Security.
Despite its name JavaScript is unrelated to Java. No malware can infect your Mac through JavaScript. It’s OK to leave it enabled.
Block browser popups: Safari menu > Preferences > Security > and check "Block popup windows":
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Popups themselves cannot infect your Mac, but many contain resource-hungry code that will slow down Internet browsing.
If you ever see a popup indicating it detected registry errors, that your Mac is infected with some ick, or that you won some prize, it is 100% fraudulent. Ignore it.
Ignore hyperventilating popular media outlets that thrive by promoting fear and discord with entertainment products arrogantly presented as "news". Learn what real threats actually exist and how to arm yourself against them:
The most serious threat to your data security is phishing. To date, most of these attempts have been pathetic and are easily recognized, but that is likely to change in the future as criminals become more clever.
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Never install something without first knowing what it is, what it does, how it works, and how to get rid of it when you don’t want it any more.
If you elect to use "anti-virus" software, familiarize yourself with its limitations and potential to cause adverse effects, and apply the principle immediately preceding this one.
Most such utilities will only slow down and destabilize your Mac while they look for viruses that do not exist, conveying no benefit whatsoever - other than to make you "feel good" about security, when you should actually be exercising sound judgment, derived from accurate knowledge, based on verifiable facts.
Do install updates from Apple as they become available. No one knows more about Macs and how to protect them than the company that builds them.
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