[lug] adding java to mozilla on linux

[D. Stimits]

Someone pointed out a nice web site to estimate actual bandwidth of 
connections, I thought I'd test out whether my ISP delivers close to 
what they claim. Unfortunately, it uses a java plugin, with MIME type:
   applicaton/x-java-vm

Now mozilla has under "navigator" in its setup options "helper 
applications", where you can add helper applications for new MIME types. 
I also have full java 1.5 versions available on the system (I use with 
tomcat 5), including both jre and development apps. No matter what I've 
done, I cannot get application/x-java-vm set up to handle this speed 
test site:
   http://www.dslreports.com/stest

Part of it I think is because I have no way to know what file suffix to 
apply to this, and among the bin/* programs of both the main java 
install and the jre install, I'm not certain which to choose...this 
point I think is probably moot because every time I go to test this page 
it claims I don't have a plugin, rather than claiming the plugin has an 
error. It's a bit annoying that I must associate a file name extension 
to a MIME type, but apparently that's what I must do.

Does anyone have any suggestings on getting mozilla to work with 
application/x-java-vm using my Fedora Core's installed java? Does anyone 
know if doing so is a security risk?

D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net