automatic download of java.policy to a client?

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Joe V. - 11 Dec 2003 00:28 GMT

I know this kind of defeats the purpose of the java.policy file on the
client machine, but is there anyway to dynamically download the policy from
a webserver? Our customers are beginning to complain about the extra step
required to copy this policy file to every client ... is there a better way
to do this?

thanks in advance!

joe

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VK - 12 Dec 2003 00:38 GMT

Buy commercial code-signing certificate (Thawte, Verisign or else) and
serve your app / applet in properly signed JAR. Customers will just love
it, trust me.

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Joe V. - 12 Dec 2003 05:37 GMT

Thanks!

But, our product management doesn't want to add on any further costs to the
product. Is there something that can be done for free? Maybe some
open-source implementation?

> Buy commercial code-signing certificate (Thawte, Verisign or else) and
> serve your app / applet in properly signed JAR. Customers will just love
> it, trust me.

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JK - 12 Dec 2003 09:20 GMT

Well, set up your own CA and let customers install your CA certificate
in the browser. You can use OpenSSL, which is for free, or even java's
keytool should do.

JK.

> Thanks!
>
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>>serve your app / applet in properly signed JAR. Customers will just love
>>it, trust me.

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Skippy - 12 Dec 2003 14:48 GMT

> Well, set up your own CA and let customers install your CA certificate
> in the browser. You can use OpenSSL, which is for free, or even java's
> keytool should do.

that keytool is quite complex, but works great. if your app is a applet or a
webstart-app, the end-user will have to click the magic 'Yes' or 'Accept'
button before things work.

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Roedy Green - 12 Dec 2003 22:19 GMT

>But, our product management doesn't want to add on any further costs to the
>product. Is there something that can be done for free? Maybe some
>open-source implementation?

You do a Java Web Start that copies the file in the install method.

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