# [Re: 1.0.2 applet in SSL environment]

David Brownell (David.Brownell@Eng)
Sun, 11 Jan 1998 12:56:23 -0800

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    Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 12:56:23 -0800

    From: David.Brownell@Eng (David Brownell)

    Message-Id: <199801112056.MAA25825@argon.eng.sun.com>

    To: alex_horovitz@apple.com, java-security@web2.javasoft.com

    Subject: [Re: 1.0.2 applet in SSL environment]

I suspect the reason you've not seen anything written is that there are no
issues -- it just works!!

Since the JDK 1.0.2 platform does not itself support SSL, you'd have to
provide your own implementation. What most folk do is rely on browsers'
"https" URL protocol handlers; that means not depending on SSL APIs.

Systems exposing SSL (using the SSL "Standard Java Extension" API) are
finally beginning to appear. Such systems depend on a JDK 1.1 feature
(subclassable Sockets and ServerSockets), but still support the JDK 1.0.2
applet APIs in the environment.

- Dave

> From alex_horovitz@apple.com Sun Jan 11 11:50:32 1998
> From: Alex Horovitz <alex_horovitz@apple.com>
> To: "'java-security@java.sun.com'" <java-security@web2.javasoft.com>
> Cc: "'whodges@apple.com'" <whodges@apple.com>
> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 13:47:38 -0500
>
> Security Team:
>
> Is there anything that would prevent an applet based on 1.0.2 from =
> running in an SSL environment? Could you please outline any issues for =
> me. I've been unable to find anything in the older docs about this...
>
> Thanks-
>
> Alex
>
> Alex Horovitz
> Systems Engineering - New England
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