# Re: Need for X.509 & SSL in JDK

Li Gong (gong@games.eng.sun.com)
Wed, 22 Oct 1997 19:43:52 -0700

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    Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 19:43:52 -0700

    Message-Id: <199710230243.TAA28402@games.eng.sun.com>

    From: Li Gong <gong@games.eng.sun.com>

    To: barclayj@vobique.com

    Subject: Re: Need for X.509 & SSL in JDK

    In-Reply-To: Barclay R. Jiang's mail of Wed, 22 October, 1997

     <199710151908.MAA10524@games.eng.sun.com>

JDK1.2beta is probably somewhere this year. Its official version may
be next year sometime. JDK1.1.6 features have not been decided. It
probably cannot contain X.509 as I understand that a minor release
cannot have new APIs. All these may change, of course.

Li

Barclay R. Jiang writes:
> Hi Li!
>
> I heard that JDK1.2 will be delayed until Q2 '98, but
> in the meantime Javasoft will release JDK1.1.6.
>
> Will JDK1.1.6 contain X.509? When will you release beta of
> JDK1.1.6 (or whatever the version may be)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Barclay
>

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