I asked about using Java scripts to capture remote timing info before and got no response. I assume everyone thought it was a stupid question. Therefore, I'll ask it again. The thing that makes Java a big deal is that you execute other people's code on your machine. You browse a Java-enhanced Web page, click on something interesting, suck across an applet, and execute it on your machine. This setup enables a bunch of nifty interactive Web stuff. Turn the picture around: You setup a Java-enhanced Web page, include some interesting buttons to click, write some clever applet, and people around the world suck your applet onto their machine and execute it. Combine this with some a standard crypto API for doing Web-based digital signatures or authentication or encryption and you may begin to see some possibilities. Would it be possible to create a Java applet that causes the client machine to sign or encrypt something with their private key, and then send back timing info? For the answer to be YES a few things need to be true. There needs to be some sort of standard crypto API in use that can be accessed by a Java script, and Java scripts need to be able to capture and send back timing info. Does anyone on this list know enough about Java to know if it can do any of these things? Jim_Miller@suite.com