Applets and SSL

Jeff Nelson (teg@one.net)
Fri, 13 Dec 1996 17:55:43 -0500

Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 17:55:43 -0500
Message-Id: <199612132255.RAA22315@shell.one.net>
From: Jeff Nelson <teg@one.net>
To: cryptix-java@systemics.com, java-security@java
Subject: Applets and SSL

Has anyone done a thorough analysis of how browser and server-based
SSL works with Java applets?

I would like to know in particular whether applet bytecode is
distributed securely when an SSL enabled web server talks to an SSL
enabled web browser.

Secondly, whether or not the data communicated during an applet
initiated CGI requests made with the URLConnection object in the JDK
is SSL authenticated and enciphered.

It seems likely that both of these are true, but I would need to read
the specs and experiment with a secure server to be sure.

- Jeff