# Applet signing

Kraemer, Max, CTR (Max.Kraemer-contractor@jntf.osd.mil)
Thu, 29 Apr 1999 13:42:08 -0600

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    From: "Kraemer, Max, CTR" <Max.Kraemer-contractor@jntf.osd.mil>

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

    Subject: Applet signing

    Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 13:42:08 -0600

To whom it may concern:

I work at the Joint National Test Facility in Colorado Springs, CO. I'm
working on a client-server applet that will be viewed using the Java Plug-in
1.1.2 with Netscape or Internet Explorer. Because the applet performs a few
task that step outside the sandbox (writing files to the user's hard disk,
printing, quiting the browser, etc, ...), so I have been signing the applet
using the javakey tool. However, I have been tasked to find out if I can
get a certificate from an outside certificate authority (i.e. Verisign, or
maybe a CA from within our organization). In other words, we may need to
sign the applet using a certificate that has been created by an authorized
source rather than generating one of our own using javakey. I understand
that many of these authorities use tools to create a certificate other than
javakey. Is it common to get certificates that will work with the plug-in
in this manner, and are there any limitations to the type of certificates
that can be used with the plug-in? I'm very new to the idea of applet
signing and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Max Kraemer
kraemerm@jntf.osd.mil
(719) 567-0869

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