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Foil 116 Signed Scripts (cont'd)

From Overview of Advanced JavaScript -- Web Scripting Language CPS616 Technologies of the Information Age -- Spring Semester 98. by Tom Scavo,Geoffrey C. Fox
Object-Signing Tools
1 Scripts are signed using Netscape's Signing Tool (signtool), a command-line utility that creates digital signatures for Java class files, JavaScript scripts, plugins, etc.
2 Scripts may be served from a secure (SSL) server, in which case they're treated as if signed with the public key of that server
3 Users retain the right to deny the privileges requested by the signed script
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