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Re: Signing an applet

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On 13/12/13 13:40, emf wrote:
> I am trying to understand how to self-sign an applet. I've already
> checked websites that provide directions, but unfortunately I realized
> that my relevant knowledge is too limited to start understanding what
> they are talking about, so I post here hoping I'll get some help to get
> me started.
>
>  From what I've read so far I realized I needed JDK, so I've already
> installed it. (BTW, I also use Eclipse.)
>
> Now, in
>
> http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lsiden/tutorials/signed-applet/signed-applet.html
>
>
> under "How To Create a Signed Applet"
>
> I believe I have completed step 1, as you can see in my webpage
>
> https://files.nyu.edu/emf202/public/jv/nataltransits.html
>
> So we come to step 2. It starts:
>
> ============
> Create a public/private key pair. The command for this is
>
>      keytool -genkey
> ============
>
> My initial question is: Where do I enter this command?
>
> Alternatively, and probably even better, is there a webpage I have
> missed that provides step by step instructions that an amateur java
> programmer with my level of ignorance can understand?

keytool is a binary executable just like java and javac and jarsigner
executables etc that live in the bin directory of your chosen JDK

On my present machine it's

/opt/jdk1.7.0_45/bin

You should be able to run keytool from anywhere you can run javac


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Signing an applet emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-13 08:40 -0500
  Re: Signing an applet Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-12-13 09:52 -0500
    Re: Signing an applet emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-13 10:12 -0500
      Re: Signing an applet Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-12-13 10:30 -0500
      Re: Signing an applet Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-12-14 16:22 -0500
        Re: Signing an applet lipska the kat <"lipskathekat at yahoo dot co dot uk"> - 2013-12-14 21:24 +0000
  Re: Signing an applet lipska the kat <"lipskathekat at yahoo dot co dot uk"> - 2013-12-13 15:08 +0000
  Re: Signing an applet emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-13 10:11 -0500
    Re: Signing an applet Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-12-13 10:19 -0500
    Re: Signing an applet lipska the kat <"lipskathekat at yahoo dot co dot uk"> - 2013-12-13 15:27 +0000
      Re: Signing an applet emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-13 11:08 -0500
    Re: Signing an applet Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-12-14 16:27 -0500
  Re: Signing an applet Wayne <nospam@all.invalid> - 2013-12-14 00:11 -0500
    Re: Signing an applet lipska the kat <"lipskathekat at yahoo dot co dot uk"> - 2013-12-14 11:41 +0000
      Re: Signing an applet Wayne <nospam@all.invalid> - 2013-12-15 22:22 -0500
    Re: Signing an applet Hiram Hunt <hiramhunt@verizon.net> - 2013-12-14 09:32 -0500
      Re: Signing an applet Hiram Hunt <hiramhunt@verizon.net> - 2013-12-14 09:39 -0500
        Re: Signing an applet Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-12-14 15:48 +0100
    Re: Signing an applet emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-15 00:04 -0500
      Re: Signing an applet Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-12-15 09:53 -0500
        Re: Signing an applet emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-17 17:40 -0500
          Re: Signing an applet Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-12-17 18:08 -0500
            Re: Signing an applet Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-21 08:35 +0800
              Re: Signing an applet emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2013-12-31 11:44 -0500
                Re: Signing an applet Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-01-04 20:14 -0500
              Re: Signing an applet Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-01-04 20:11 -0500
                Re: Signing an applet Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-06 08:04 +0800

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