# Again: Trusted applets in generic browsers !

Andrea Mongillo (Andrea.Mongillo@sbsitalia.it)
Fri, 6 Mar 1998 17:12:59 +0100

- Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
- Next message: Gary.Chesser@huntington.com: "zigbert did not pass crypto verification"
- Previous message: Antoine Brun: "applet signing, JDK1.1.5"

    From: "Andrea Mongillo" <Andrea.Mongillo@sbsitalia.it>

    To: "Charlie Lai" <Charlie.Lai@Eng>

    Subject: Again: Trusted applets in generic browsers !

    Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 17:12:59 +0100

-----Original Message-----
From: Charlie Lai <Charlie.Lai@Eng.Sun.COM>
To: Andrea Mongillo <Mongillo@sbsitalia.it>
Date: Saturday, February 28, 1998 2:35 AM
Subject: Re: Trusted applets in generic browsers

>> What I can't understand is: Is really possible to use this mechanisms
>> inside a normal browser (I unsuccessfully used IE 4.01)?
>
>the reason why this example doesn't work on either netscape or IE
>is because both of those browsers have implemented their own
>independent security architectures, and don't support the crypto
>algorithms that are default in SUN's JDK (DSA for instance).
>
>to get your applet to run on ALL platforms, you can try using the
activator:
>
>http://java.sun.com/products/activator
>
>this will allow you to use SUN's implementation of the JRE, which ensures
>that your applet will run on all browsers.

First of all, thank you very much for your immediate help.
I downloaded activator but I had some problems to let it work with signed
applets: it didn't work until I specified the "identitydb.obj" path into my
"java.security" file. In the activator documentation, infact, I found
default directories that didn't work in reality.
The question in a few words is:
How can I put an "identitydb.obj" file on my customers PC (Win95 and WinNT),
so that signed applet can be trusted even if they won't install JDK 1.1.x
(in this case they shouldn't have a "java.security" file) ?

Thanks in advance

- Next message: Gary.Chesser@huntington.com: "zigbert did not pass crypto verification"
- Previous message: Antoine Brun: "applet signing, JDK1.1.5"