Re: Need for X.509 & SSL in JDK

Li Gong (gong@games.eng.sun.com)
Wed, 22 Oct 1997 19:43:52 -0700

Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 19:43:52 -0700
Message-Id: <199710230243.TAA28402@games.eng.sun.com>
From: Li Gong <gong@games.eng.sun.com>
To: barclayj@vobique.com
Subject: Re: Need for X.509 & SSL in JDK
In-Reply-To: Barclay R. Jiang's mail of Wed, 22 October, 1997
<199710151908.MAA10524@games.eng.sun.com>

JDK1.2beta is probably somewhere this year. Its official version may
be next year sometime. JDK1.1.6 features have not been decided. It
probably cannot contain X.509 as I understand that a minor release
cannot have new APIs. All these may change, of course.

Li

Barclay R. Jiang writes:
> Hi Li!
>
> I heard that JDK1.2 will be delayed until Q2 '98, but
> in the meantime Javasoft will release JDK1.1.6.
>
> Will JDK1.1.6 contain X.509? When will you release beta of
> JDK1.1.6 (or whatever the version may be)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Barclay
>