# JRE 1.2.2 and Netscape Object Signing - trusted signing certs don

Ron McEwen (ron.mcewen@entrust.com)
Tue, 22 Jun 1999 13:18:43 -0400

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    From: Ron McEwen <ron.mcewen@entrust.com>

    To: "'java-security@java.sun.com'" <java-security@java.sun.com>

    Subject: JRE 1.2.2 and Netscape Object Signing - trusted signing certs don

    Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 13:18:43 -0400

I'm trying to play with JRE 1.2.2EA on Windows NT 4 SP3. I just installed
the JRE, not the whole JDK (I had JDK 1.2.1 installed).
I have an object signing certificate in Communicator 4.51, as well as the CA
certificate that issued the object signing certificate, and the CA cert is
trusted for the purpose of object signing (as well as email and certifying
web sites).
According to the Netscape signtool and the Communicator Security dialog the
certificates are fine (they verify OK).

Running signtool -l
returns

Object signing certificates
---------------------------------------
Ron McEwen's Entrust Signing ID
Issued by: Freecerts demo CA
Expires: Sat Aug 21, 1999

However, bringing up the Java Plug-in properties dialog shows no Netscape
object signing certificates as being trusted(?). The correct JRE is selected
in the 'Advanced' tab.
Are there any known problems in this area? Is there any documentation?

Regards,
Ron

Entrust/Toolkit Java Edition Manager

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