Signing Applet - DSA/RSA?

[anand.sankaran@xxxxxxxxx (Anand Kumar S)]

I have a similar feeling.  I didnt see any documentation that says ONLY RSA is
supported by the plugin.

Check with RSA http://www.rsa.com for a product called JCrypto that gives you
RSA algorithm.

anand

Rodrigo de Almeida Sodré wrote:

> Sun's JVM does recognize DSA. In fact, it is the default signing cipher in
> this JVM and so for the plugin. If you need it to recognize RSA you must
> install another JCA/JCE provider, like JSSE.
>
> Regards
>
> Rodrigo A. Sodre
> Analista de Sistemas
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vidya Viswanathan [mailto:vidya@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 7:40 AM
> To: 'Advanced-Java Mailing List'
> Subject: Signing Applet - DSA/RSA?
>
> Hello,
>
> I have developed an Applet which connects to a Database Server, different
> from it's Web server. The applet was initially using the Java Plugin 1.1 .
> There was no security issue,as the plugin can be set to "UnrestrictedNetwork
> Access".
> Now i have to run the applet in Java 2 environment and the Plugin for the
> same does not allow this without the Applet being signed.
> I would like to know whether the Applet can be signed using DSA or should it
> be signed using RSA. Does the plugin recognize both or only RSA?
>
> Has anyone come across a similar problem?  Is there any workaround?
>
> Thank You in advance.
> Vidya.
>
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