# Re: problem with signed applet

Marianne Mueller (Marianne.Mueller@Eng)
Mon, 20 Apr 1998 10:27:39 -0700 (PDT)

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    Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 10:27:39 -0700 (PDT)

    From: Marianne Mueller <Marianne.Mueller@Eng>

    Subject: Re: problem with signed applet

    To: java-security@java0.javasoft.com, jeonghee@cs.ucla.edu

Hi,

For now, the way to get the more recent versions of the JDK in the
browsers (either netscape or microsoft) is to use Activator. You
should be able to use signed applets, using the JDK 1.1.x signing tools,
with Activator plugged into either of those browsers.

There will be a version of the Activator for JDK 1.2, so that will continue
to be a good option.

In addition, Netscape is moving towards adding an "Open VM API" to their
browser, so that a recent VM from JavaSoft can be easily added by them
to their browser. I don't know the schedule for that project. It is
a Netscape project so you could try asking them.

For JDK 1.2, the security group in JavaSoft added the ability to parse
Netscape signed JARs. Also, 1.1.x signed JARs can be parsed in 1.2.

Marianne

> Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 15:38:23 -0700
> From: Jeonghee Yi <jeonghee@cs.ucla.edu>
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> To: Marianne Mueller <Marianne.Mueller@Eng>
> Subject: Re: problem with signed applet
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>
> Marianne,
>
> thanks very much for the information. That explains why I failed.
> Let me ask you a few more questions:
> 1. Does later version of JDK, such as JDK 1.2, supports signed applets
> on the web browsers, Netscape's or Microsofts's ?
>
> 2. Can I have singed applets of JDK 1.1.x working on the browsers
> if I have Sun's JRE instead of the browser's default JVM by activating
> JRE using the Java Activator ?
>
> Thanks very much for your help,
>
> Jeonghee
>
>
> Marianne Mueller wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately the JDK 1.1 signing and verification is not supported
> > by the web browsers (Netscape's and Microsoft's.) It is supported
> > in HotJava, http://java.sun.com/products/hotjava
> >
> > You can use the Java Activator in the browsers to get access to
> > more recent JDK technology, http://java.sun.com/products/activator
> >
> > We are working with the Java licensees to get the standard java
> > signing working for people in an interoperable way ...
> >
> > Marianne
>
>
>

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