Name: yyT116575 Date: 06/22/2001


java verion "1.3.1"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1-b24)


Since JDK 1.3.1 changed the security model, I can no longer have my users
(some technincally challenged) simply click on a link to install a certificate to
use signed applets. The new model makes this much more complicated, and
when the audience is not computer people this becomes a problem.
With JDK/JRE 1.3 (and less) I used keytool & jarsinger to sign a jar file and
create a certificate, the user who did not have the certificate installed
simply had to click on a link to start the certificate install then restart the
webpage to be able to use the signed applet.

For the general public this is doable but if the process is much more
complicated this becomes a problem. Is there a *simple* workaround
I'm not seeing?
(Review ID: 127174)
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