# IdentityScope in practice

George Chung (gchung@openhorizon.com)
Wed, 19 Nov 1997 10:47:39 -0800

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    Message-Id: <199711191849.KAA23679@openhorizon.com>

    From: "George Chung" <gchung@openhorizon.com>

    To: <java-security@javasoft.com>

    Subject: IdentityScope in practice

    Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 10:47:39 -0800

Dear Sir/Madam,
The following is quite clear from the JCA documentation:

1. An IdentityScope recursively maintains lists of Identities and other
IdentityScopes.

2. An IdentityScope subclass can wrap a local file system repository of keys
and certificates or a global directory service.

3. Identities are unique within a particular IdentityScope

What is not clear from the JCA documentation is the _application_ of this
structure in actual practice.

For example, I have heard from some people that each level of an
IdentityScope should represent a certificate in a certificate chain.

Is this the intention? Any information or pointers to further information
would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
George Chung
Open Horizon, Inc.

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