I'm trying to run a little applet that I wrote on a browser but I can't
get it to read files properly. I've played with various policy files and
signing stuff and I finally got it to work by adding "permission
java.security.AllPermission;" to the "grant {" section of

Hi to all,
I have checked out the following code from the Sun site:
import javax.crypto.KeyGenerator;
import javax.crypto.Mac;

I'm using https client-side authentification. Everything is working
fine, as long as I use the CN name (debian.lan) issued in the servers
public certificate.
The hostname "debian.lan" resolves to the ip address "192.168.1.4", and

I have an applet, embedded in a web page, that worked fine (and still
works fine) on machines running Java 1.4.2 and below, but throws an
exception on machines running version 1.5.0_0x. Specifically, I get the
following exception and stack trace:

How can I encrypt (with private key) a message in Java aplication using RSA
algorithm ?
I have a Bouncycastle package and it works... BUT !!!!
I send this encrypted text to the server where I must decrypt it with public

I have a signed application that runs flawlessly under WebStart in 1.4
JDKs/JREs (on WinXP/2K, Linux and MacOS X) that refuses to run under
WebStart in 1.5 JDKs (on both Windows and Linux; haven't tried on MacOS).
The error occurs when the certificate is validated (this is from 1.5 ...

I try to encrypt with several Hardware Token (eToken, iKey,
CryptoCard) and the standard Java PKCS11-class. I can Access the
keyStore on the Token and I can encrypt a small String.
Provider p = new sun.security.pkcs11.SunPKCS11(configName);

Hi, for all
I have a problem- I made an applet
I want to read some files on the server where there is the applet
but for the first thing I need to scan all the directories avaible.

Sorry for the cross-post: I sent this to comp.lang.java.programmer, and did
not get a response.
Can anyone point me to a primer on accessing Windows file security
information from within Java?

I want to be able to create a demo version of an application which has an
activation code which will 'expire' the demo either:
a) on a certain date I specify or
b) at the end of 30-60 days.

I am planning a secure intranet web application using Tomcat on Windows
2K. I would like for my users to login using their AS/400 accounts. My
motive for re-using the AS/400 users are 1) they will be viewing data
from the AS/400, and 2) the obvious single-signon-esqe convenience.

I'm trying to use SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("PBEWithMD5AndDES"); as
described here:
   http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/security/CryptoSpec.html#PBEEx
It fails with a