Re: Security API

Marianne Mueller (mrm@Eng)
Wed, 7 May 1997 10:20:36 -0700

Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 10:20:36 -0700
Message-Id: <199705071720.KAA19254@puffin.eng.sun.com>
From: Marianne Mueller <mrm@Eng>
To: sandra.pei@lmco.com
Subject: Re: Security API

No, the API that is not supported is specifically

Class.getSigners()

which is a single method call in the Class class in JDK 1.x.

It is also true that the browser companies don't yet support Java
digital signatures, but they have publically said they will support
Java signatures. I am not aware of any announced dates, however.

Marianne

> Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 16:58:02 -0400
> From: "L. Sandra Pei" <sandra.pei@lmco.com>
> Organization: Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Management - Rockville
>
> I have noticed in your "JDK 1.1.1 Signing Flaw" article that neither MS
> IE nor Navigator support "this particular API". Am I correct to assume
> that "this API" is refering to the Java Security API, which therefore
> includes the Digital Signature API? Does that mean if I implemented an
> applet with features of the digital signature API, Navigator will not
> recognize it, and therefore ignore it?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Sandra Pei
>