# Re: Using Verisign issued certificates with JDK/JCE

Charlie Lai (Charlie.Lai@Eng)
Fri, 17 Oct 1997 14:25:19 -0800 (PDT)

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    From: Charlie.Lai@Eng (Charlie Lai)

    Message-Id: <199710172125.OAA10375@angeles.eng.sun.com>

    Subject: Re: Using Verisign issued certificates with JDK/JCE

    To: dmiller@preEmptive.com (Dave Miller)

    Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 14:25:19 -0800 (PDT)

    In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19971015102921.007ae6a0@preemptive.com> from "Dave Miller" at Oct 15, 97 10:29:21 am

hi,

> i was wondering if it is currently possible to use
> a verisign digital id in the current release of
> the jdk. is there a mechanism for using a certificate
> to verify a digital signature that is currently
> available? if so, could you please provide some
> information as to how one would go about doing
> this. thanks...

unfortunately verisign only signs certificates using RSA,
and the JDK currently only provides support for DSA.
you may plug in a 3rd party crypto provider module
which performs RSA to verify the signatures, however.

for example, RSA Data Security, Inc. may have plans to build a
JCA provider.

charlie

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