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The Initium X.509 Certificate Wizard
Journal of Object Technology
  • Douglas A. Lyon, Fairfield University
Document Type
Article
Article Version
Publisher's PDF
Publication Date
11-1-2004
Abstract

A signed Jar file generally indicates that the signer authorizes the contents. Signing is accomplished using a certificate that has been issued by a Certificate Authority (CA). Several CA's are available for this task; however, few of them are free, like the Thawte CA. Once a free certificate is obtained, Jar files may be distributed and named as verified from the signer. Trusted Jar files can be run outside of the “sandbox” and thus be given improved access to the target system.

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Copyright 2004 Journal of Object Technology

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Published Citation
Douglas Lyon, “The Initium X.509 Certificate Wizard”, Journal of Object Technology, Volume 3, no. 10 (November 2004), pp. 75-88
DOI
10.5381/jot.2004.3.10.c6.
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Citation Information
Douglas A. Lyon. "The Initium X.509 Certificate Wizard" Journal of Object Technology Vol. 3 Iss. 10 (2004)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/douglas_lyon/49/