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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-4802844

Support Client Authentication in HTTPS

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    • Icon: Enhancement Enhancement
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Icon: P4 P4
    • 5.0
    • 1.4.1_01, 1.4.2, 1.4.2_04, 5.0
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    • tiger
    • x86
    • linux, windows_nt, windows_2000, windows_xp

      WebStart app and applets cannot be loaded with JRE 1.4.0 when SSL Client Authentication is
      required by webserver. Bug #4681247 fixed this problem, But there are still
      some area we can improve:

      1. The user has to select a keystore and specify it in the javax.net.ssl.*
      properties. Furthermore it has to use keytool to manage the keystore, which is
      cumbersome from the java plugin user point of view.

      2. When the server presents his digital certificate, the client just send the
      first matched certificates back to server, the user won't be able to pick any
      certificate he want to send back.

      We will try to resolve the above issues in our upcoming JRE release:
      For issue 1: a fixed client authentication keystore will be provided to user.
      In Java control panel, you can import, export or remove certificate in this
      keystore through GUI.

      For issue 2: An listbox which include all the matched certificates will pop up
      to user, then the user can pick any one of them to send back to server.

      ###@###.### 2003-01-14
      ###@###.### 2003-01-14

            dgu Dennis Gu (Inactive)
            stanleyh Stanley Ho (Inactive)
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