# Re: Help -- Where is javax.net.* api available

Jeff Nisewanger (Jeff.Nisewanger@Eng)
Tue, 10 Mar 1998 08:02:13 -0800

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    Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 08:02:13 -0800

    From: Jeff.Nisewanger@Eng (Jeff Nisewanger)

    Message-Id: <199803101602.IAA10813@puuoo.eng.sun.com>

    To: java-security@web4.javasoft.com, apoddar@netvalueinc.com

    Subject: Re: Help -- Where is javax.net.* api available

> 1) Where is javax.net.ssl library located. Is it available for download
> via JDC.

Only the api draft specification is available for download at this
time. The api is implemented in some Sun products including Java Web
Server 1.1, HotJava 1.1, HotJava Views 1.1, Java Server Toolkit 1.1,
and JavaOS 1.1. The implementation is not currently available as a
standalone binary component.

> 2)Is the api javax.net.ssl are meant to used only with java web server
> or it can be used with any web server.

It is meant to be a general purpose Java Standard Extension API for
accessing SSL/TLS functionality.

> 3) What about client side support for ssl. Is there anything for that?

The API supports both client and server side usage. The API does
not currently cover some issues which are necessary in a completely
standalone application such as certificate trust management, key management
and "login" services. These are expected to be handled by the
Java execution environment such as the Java Web Server or HotJava so
that servlets and applets don't have to concern themselves about those
issues and can just use the javax.net.ssla apis.

Jeff

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