I have a pure java application which I want to run as a service. Any
suggestions on how to do it ? I saw some articles saying how to use JNI
to do it along with C code. But I am looking for  a pure Java solution.
Also, some said that -Xrs option of the 'java' command would help. But

let there be the string "secret". Would anyone please be so kind and
tell me how the HMAC-SHA1 hashcode can be calculated out of this String?
TIA,
Michael.

Are there ways available to to protect code in Java? I am trying to examine
practical items between Java and .Net.
Thanks

Hi @ all,
can anyone throw me a bone how to get the DN of the client connecting
to an SSL-secured application?
The basic idea is to use the DN for authentification so that the user

After struggling to get JCE working for my application, i.e. that's
struggling with my understanding of it, I can now encrypt a packet and
decrypt it with the same java application over different machines which is
great :)

I am trying to write a routine that will encrypt/decrypt a input string but
am having problems getting the decryption to work.
Using the following code to encrypt the string 1234567890123456 I get the
result [B@1ff7a1e

Regrettably I'm a programming beginner so this question may be somewhat
silly.
We are integrating some applets from various groups and have run into
an issue with one of them. The applet runs fine if the MS JVM is used