Re: Javakey Support

Charlie Lai (Charlie.Lai@Eng)
Fri, 17 Oct 1997 10:21:21 -0800 (PDT)

From: Charlie.Lai@Eng (Charlie Lai)
Message-Id: <199710171721.KAA09803@angeles.eng.sun.com>
Subject: Re: Javakey Support
To: chrispn@ibm.net (Chris Pentleton)
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 10:21:21 -0800 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <344662BC.D6D0DD49@ibm.net> from "Chris Pentleton" at Oct 16, 97 02:53:48 pm

hi,

> Since Netscape is supposed to be 100% java compliant should they not
> also be required to support JAVAKEY and the simple signing approach? Do
> you know if they will be supporting it very soon?

to be compliant, netscape only has to support the java core,
which currently exists in the java package.

unfortunately, javakey only exists in the 'sun' package,
so netscape does not have to support it.

> Javakey was so nice and simple --- it was great!

i hope you don't get too attached to javakey. :)
in jdk1.2 (beta soon), javakey no longer exists.
but don't worry, we replaced it with even nicer and simpler
tools.

> Can you direct me to something SIMPLE that works?

unfortunately, to get signed applets to work in netscape,
i believe you have the exact information that i have as well:
http://developer.netscape.com/software/signedobj/index.html

charlie