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Extensive information on the security features of the Java SE 6 release, including reference guides, API specifications (javadocs), tool documentation, and tutorials.
Extensive information on the security features of the Java 2 SDK, v 5.0 release, including reference guides, API specifications (javadocs), tool documentation, and tutorials.
Extensive information on the security features of the Java 2 SDK, v 1.4 release, including reference guides, API specifications (javadocs), tool documentation, and tutorials.
Some guidelines to allow you to take full advantage of the security provided by the Java platform.
A short introduction to using the JAR tool to create JAR files. This describes the applet tag syntax for associating an applet with a .JAR file, instead of a .class file.
JAR file is a file format based on the popular ZIP file format and is used for aggregating many files into one.
A pointer to the Java Plug-in developer guide. The guide includes a chapter on security and the signed applet support in Java Plug-in, which allows users to grant (signed) applets all permissions based on their authenticated signers, without having to configure and deploy any policy or keystore configuration files.
Security Tool Documentation
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- keytool: Solaris/Linux and Microsoft Windows
- keytool is a utility for creating and managing keystores and certificates.
- jarsigner: Solaris/Linux and Microsoft Windows
- jarsigner is a utility for generating and verifying JAR signatures.
- Policy Tool: Solaris/Linux and Microsoft Windows
- Policy tool is a GUI tool for creating and managing policy files.
- kinit: Microsoft Windows
- kinit is a utility for obtaining Kerberos v5 tickets.
- klist: Microsoft Windows
- klist is a utility to list entries in a Kerberos v5 credential cache and key tab.
- ktab: Microsoft Windows
- ktab is a utility to help the user manage entries in the key table
Information about the java-security@sun.com alias, and an online archive of the questions, comments, and answers from the alias.
Including Certificate Authority Root Certificates in Java SE
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If you are a Certificate Authority and are interested in including your root certificates in Java SE, please send an email to Java SE-CA-Request with the following in the subject line:
Subject: JAVASEC - Including CA Root Certificates
Please provide the following information in your email:
- Company name and address
- Company web page address (URL)
- Technical and business contact (first and last name, e-mail address, and phone number)
- Root certificates that you would like to submit (in PEM or DER-encoded format) and their usage, e.g. code signing and SSL
- Revocation support , e.g. CRL and OCSP
- Pointer to Certification Practices Statement (URL)
- WebTrust Certification or equivalent audit report
- How root certificates provide value to Java SE users
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