i read a certificate from a smartcard with the pkcs#11 API. i get the
certificate in a hex string DER encoded. how can i convert a hex-string
from a DER encoded certificate to e PEM encoded certificate.
i try the method Certificate cert = cf.generateCertificate(fis);

I want to write an application which uses Verisign Managed PKI. The
PKI infrastructure will be maintained by Verisign (at a cost), but my
application should be able to interact with Verisign for various PKI
operations (eg: Certificate Request, Certificate Lookup etc). The

Hi there..
i have a question about Xml signature and pkcs#7 envelope.
i'm using a proprietary digital sign solution formed by :
-Client part: applet used to sign

I urgently need some help to display some extension field of x509
certificate.
I am using j2sdk. I am able to retrieve DER encoded Octet String of an
extension field.  I need to display the certificate field the same way

I know how to do an SSL implementation in Java that uses keys imported
by keytool into an keystore. But i find this rather inconvenient,
since i come from the C world of OpenSSL where you load your
certificate-files yourself inside your source.

Can anyone tell me if it's possible, and how, to access Window's login
information from a java webapp?
The problem is that a client would like for our webapp to authenticate
like a .NET webapp - where the browser pops up a login dialog with the

I am trying to write an object onto disk. The object implements
"java.io.Serializable" interfae. When I am trying to do that, It throws
an exception saying that some of the inner objects ( which are system
classes, like PrintWriter) can not be Serialized as they dont implement

Policytool is for Java security.
Is it the most common tool ?
What tool is most common for security in Java ? - Need some documention/help
about it, please.

I have a strange problem with Tomcat. It seems that every time I do a POST
to a jsp or servlet, Tomcat logs the entire post data into Catalina.log. It
even logs SOAP calls I make using Apache Axis. Naturally Catalina.log grows
to an enormous size after only a short time.

I have developed a web service using Apache Axis.
In order to deploy the web service on Tomcat one must use the AdminClient,
which in turn must access the AdminService servlet. In my case I let one of
my jsp pages deploy the service automatically, by invoking the AdminClient

Hi,
Does anyone know if a signed applet gets SocketPermission? According
to the documentation for v1.4, once the user
chooses to "Always" (vs. "Yes"/"No" button) trust a signed applet, the

I need to authenticate an unmanned system which can reboot at any
time.  I cannot use any hardware or pre-installed keys/certs.  Yes, I
know, there is no secure way of doing this.  
I am looking for another method, possibly an "Obscure" way of doing

I want to invoke a remote EJB over an SSL encrypted link.  Any ideas?
My project:
We are running an IBM WebSphere portal application that allows users
to query multiple external legacy databases.  One of these legacy

Hi!,
I have a problem:
in my web application I must propagate the security credential from tomcat
to jboss (in another machine). How, where and when I have to specify

I have a signed applet. Browser naturally shows a question, when user
enters the page, if applet should be given extra permissions.
Is there any way to check from javascript, whether user agreed to run
the applet?