Computer Science Department, Bucknell University
Resources on Java Security
CSCI 479 Fall 2008
Professor Dan Hyde
Good Reference Book:
Java Security
by Scott Oaks, second edition, O'Reilly Press, 2001.
Java 2 Platform Security
by Ramesh Nagappan, Ray Lai, Christopher Steel. Dated January 6, 2006.
About one third of way through are good examples of signing an Applet.
Useful command line tools for security in Jave 1.6 release
jar
- compress and create an archive of .class files and associated file such as jpegs and gifs.
jarsigner - sign a
jar
file with a certificate.
policytool - create and edit Java security
policy
files.
keytool - uses to create keys in user's keystore.
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