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Foil 89 Some Comparisons of Sign Tools

From Remarks on Internet and Java Security Basic Information Track Computational Science Course CPS616 -- Spring Semester 1999. by Geoffrey Fox, Mehmet Sen


1 Differences Between Netscape Object Signing and JDK 1.1.x javakey
2 Netscape Object Signing only works within Communicator. JDK 1.1 signed applets can work in any browser, but with Java Plug-In for the applet to leave the sandbox.<APPLET> tag must be changed by HTMLConverter for plugin use.
3 JDK 1.1 javakey-signed applets that are trusted get complete access to the host while Netscape Object Signing prompts for specific actions.
4 JDK 1.1 users can generate their own certificates without needing a certificate authority.
5 IN general, javakey is less useful than the others.

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