Hello
    I have to connect from my applet to mysql server with administrative
privileges (login & password are in applet's code). I connect using
mysql-connector:

try{Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();}
        catch(Exception e) {System.out.println("Error");}
String url = new String("jdbc:mysql://IP:3306/base?user=u1&password=u1");
        connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url);

1 question: are there any tools which could "encrypt" my applet so that
it could not be so easily decompiled (to get root password) ??

2 question: does my applet connect to mysql server and send
login/password in clear text, or encrypted ? (mysqld 4.0).

Thanx