# Re: JCE availibility?

Jan Luehe (Jan.Luehe@Eng)
Tue, 6 Jan 1998 15:32:24 -0800 (PST)

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    Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 15:32:24 -0800 (PST)

    From: Jan Luehe <Jan.Luehe@Eng>

    Subject: Re: JCE availibility?

    To: java-security@web1.javasoft.com, rdolas@ml.com

Raj:

> When will JCE be available for downloading? I desperately need it
> now :-(

Sometime this week.

> I am trying to build my own Authentication module. The platform is
> Solaris 2.6 servers, Netscape Enterprise 3.1 web server, JDK 1.1, JSDK
> 1.0.1 (for now) used for developing all back end servlet applications.

Please note that JCE1.2 will only work with JDK1.2.

> It will work as follows:
>
> When a user hits the web server for the very first time the Auth
> module will extract user's certificate which will be assigned by my own
> CA. That certificate will be decoded and relevant information will be
> extracted. This info will be validated with info in Sybase database. If
> a valid user then a cookie will be set which will be used for future
> validation.
>
> Will the JCE assist me in above defined certificate management?

JCE does not provide any certificate management.
Please check the new certificate classes in JDK1.2.

Jan

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