# Re: question for signed Applet

Marianne Mueller (Marianne.Mueller@Eng)
Fri, 10 Apr 1998 15:59:03 -0700 (PDT)

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    Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 15:59:03 -0700 (PDT)

    From: Marianne Mueller <Marianne.Mueller@Eng>

    Subject: Re: question for signed Applet

    To: java-security@web1.javasoft.com, denis.louvegnies@imag.fr

Unfortunately Netscape has a different way of signing and verifying
digital signatures. We are converging on compability in this area.

Meantime there are two choices -

1) use Java Activator with Netscape, and that way you can use the same
applet code with Netscape, appletviewer, and Internet Explorer (you'd
want to use Java Activator with IE too.) Info on Activator is at
http://java.sun.com/products/activator/

2) use Netscape's scheme (I don't think this is to be recommended, since
they way they implemented security requires you to change your code for
access control, and this won't be portable to IE.) But if you want
to try it out, info is at
http://developer.netscape.com/software/signedobj/index.html

Marianne

p.s. See also
http://java.sun.com/security/hypermail/java-security-archive/index.html

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