Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: emf Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Signing an applet Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 11:08:55 -0500 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 73 Message-ID: References: <52AB238D.5000800@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: P/jcyU9BgtZ3ZqKhBcTaCQ.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:26881 On 2013-12-13 10:27 lipska the kat wrote: > On 13/12/13 15:11, emf wrote: >> On 2013-12-13 08:52 Stefan Ram wrote: >>> emf writes: >>>> My initial question is: Where do I enter this command? >>> >>> Into the text command prompt (sometimes called "shell") of >>> your operating system. Additional requirements might apply >>> such as having a command search path set up properly. This >>> is explained in the operating system literature, usually >>> separate from Java literature. A manual might already be >>> part of your operating system. >>> >>>> 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? >>> >>> Search for tutorials or text books about your operating systems, >>> especially text commands and batch files, check out information >>> about the search path for commands. Knowledge out this kind >>> always comes in handy for both users and programmers. >> >> Sorry, I did not make myself clear: I am looking for step by step >> instructions. I have taken 2 classes on Java programming (and a long >> time ago a class on DOS), and I do not intend in the near future to get >> more classes. There should be some webpage out there that provides the >> information I asked the way I asked. >> >> emf >> > > From > http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lsiden/tutorials/signed-applet/signed-applet.html > > > How To Create a Signed Applet > > 1. Package the applet into a JAR file. The applet must be in a JAR file > before a certificate can be attached to it. Use the jar JDK utility. If > the applet was previously referenced with the help of a codebase > attribute in tag, replace the codebase attribute with the > archive attribute. The value of the archive attribute is a URL of a JAR > file. > > 2. Create a public/private key pair. The command for this is > > keytool -genkey > > keytool is another SDK utility. I opened the Command Prompt and navigated to the folder. OK so far. It will prompt you for a password to > your keystore and for the remaining parameters, one of which is alias, > whose value is the name of the key. The keystore is a file that contains > your public/private key-pairs, and the public-keys of others with whom > you exchange information. See the documentation in the above link. OK so far. I entered the password and the remaining parameters. Now, where is the keystore? I do not see it in the bin folder. And I am not sure which link it refers to. > ... Things are moving a little. Thanks, emf -- Natal Transits Calculator https://files.nyu.edu/emf202/public/jv/nataltransits.html