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Comparing two JVM cacert files

This can come in very handy, if you need to compare 2 different projects or envs. For example Development server against prod, to ensure they both have same certs stored in cacerts (sampled by java among others). Code to generate list of ...

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Secure a J2ME Environment with JCE

Implementing a customized security library is expensive and unsuitable for medium and small applications. The Java Cryptography Extension, while the accepted standard for these apps, brings up a host of other problems. This article analyzes those pro...

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Java 2 Platform and JAAS Authorization Architectures

Follow along as Java architect Abhijit Belapurkar leads this detailed, behind-the-scenes introduction to two distinctly different (yet related) models of authorization: the code-centric model of the Java 2 platform security architecture and the user-...

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Secure communication between peers: SSL through JSSE

A core requirement of any non-trivial P2P application is secure communication between peers. While the details of the security depend on how the application will be used and on what it will protect, it''s often possible to implement strong, gene...

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Your guide to weblet security

Weblets are Java programs that run in a browser, using DirectDOM to directly manipulate displayed documents. Like most Web-based programs, weblets pose a threat to system security if they''re mishandled. Fortunately, weblets come with built-in s...

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A three-pronged solution for identifying users

The problem of system security starts with discovering the identity of the user on the other end of the communications link. This article discusses three familiar approaches for identifying users, highlights their strengths and weaknesses (alone and ...

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