Basic HTML version of Foils prepared April 7 1998

Foil 97 Generating Certificates in JDK-2

From Basic Principles of Java and Internet Security CPS616 Web Technologies -- Spring 98. by Geoffrey C. Fox
javakey -gs signMyApplet.dir Animator.jar: sign the applet, i.e. Animator.jar from the directives file signMyApplet.dir
  • ( Making jar files is done as following:
  • jar cvf Animator.jar AnimatorApplet.class )
  • As an example try to browse a signed applet which is at URL
javakey -h: brings the help menu for all the available options
Note that certificates and the keys produced by javakey are all in DER format.

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