I am living a nightmare trying to get a Java Applet to work that used
to work in the past. I am experiencing multiple issues and would
appreciate any feedback that anyone can provide. I will try to outline
the issues here...

I should integrate Single Sign On in my webapp (Tomcat 4.1.29).
My webApp use a JDBCRealm to control the users (it's work wihtout SSO).
I add this:
<Valve className="org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn"

I am trying to write a client handler for communication between a
client and a server based on a predifined XML protocol. The protocol
is already defined , all I am looking for is a way for me to send and
recieve messages which would be XML based. Can someone help me with

I am writing an RADIUS/EAP/TLS authenticator server and I need a way
to establish an SSL conversation without having a socket. This is how
data flows in this scenario: The SSL records are encapsulated in EAP
Messages, which in turn are ecapsulated in RADIUS attributes, which in

I was trying to verify if I am a getting different value each time I
run a program that uses SecureRandom.  To my surprise, if I use
toString(), the value printed is same! What is the problem.
I have given the code, followed by two sample runs.  

Hello, I'm using JDK 1.4.2 and can't logon to a https site due to the above
reason.
I'm downloading and installing the certificate properly.
I'm posting the data properly.

Is there a way to restrict the capabilities of all JAVA Applications
downloaded to a desktop or to restrict the JAVA applications that may be run
on a desktop?
(I am not talking about JAVA Applets, only JAVA Applications.)

I'm trying to extend my Web Services based simple application (written in
Java) with SSL.
I've decided to use a certificates signed by common CA. Each remote
application with appropriate certificate is able to perform action in my service.

I need to change an application that uses Basic Authentication to use
Form-Based Authentication. This is simple to do and is done.
Right, but I now have a possible problem whereby some users who have
saved their username and password using the check box option on the

I try to run the example from
http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/tutorial/ldap/security/gssapi.html .
This example works fine with Java 1.4 .
But with Java 1.5 I get this exception:

Is there way to specify a policy file in a jar?  I've tired different
url for this and can't seem to get it to work.
For example:
jar:file:c:\test.jar!\policy.file

ich bin mir nicht so sicher, ob ich das mit den Idealen verstanden habe. In
der Theorie habe ich es verstanden, aber ich bin mir nichzt so sicher, ob
ich es in der Praxis verstanden habe. Nehmen wir mal als Polynomring R[x]
mit einer Variable. Wie sieht denn ein konkretes Element ...

We are giving some thought to putting a CGI-based Wiki, specifically
OddMuse, on a website that runs on a Linux server. In 'Using Linux (Fourth
Edition)', the authors warn that "The biggest cause for concern about
protecting your site from external threats is CGI scripts." They go ...