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I figured this out.  The site and applet are at
http://www.tangrams.com/IF/

siffert@best.com (Curt Siffert) sayeth:
>Is it possible to get a security certificate (for free) to sign 
>an already-written applet?  It's okay if it's untrustworthy,
>I just want to give people the option to accept it.

    Yes, it is possible, through www.entrust.com, or 
    (more convenient) Netscape's "Signtool" tool, 
    located on their Developer Website.

>See, I've got this java applet that allows webbers to play old 
>interactive fiction games like "Zork".  It has the capability 
>to "Save" and "restore", which you really need to play these
>games.  Problem is it's an unsigned applet.

    I was able to sign the applet, create a certificate, make
    it available on the website, and modify the java code so 
    that it requests those operations specifically and makes
    a "Grant?" box come up on screen.

>Explorer is configurable to let you give it access.  Navigator 
>is not - doesn't give any applet any priveleges without a certificate.
>Does anyone know how I can sign the applet so I can give players
>the option to dictate what permissions to grant it?

    Here are the URLs that helped me figure this out:

    http://www.media.mit.edu/~boissier/java/signing/signing.html - 
    a good general step-by-step example of how to sign an applet.
    Make special note of the Java Capabilities API link - you'll
    need to refer to this to figure out what permissions to request
    *and* what sections of the java code these permission requests
    should go in.

    http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/signedobj/signtool/index.htm -
    these are the directions I actually used to create my certificate and
    become my own mock Certificate Authority (CA).

    http://freecerts.entrust.com/index.htm
    Another source to get free mock Security Certificates.


>Thanks!
>Curt
>siffert@tangrams.com

    Hope this helps anyone else who might be interested,
    Curt Siffert
    siffert@tangrams.com

Curt Siffert wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to get a security certificate (for free) to sign
> an already-written applet?  It's okay if it's untrustworthy,
> I just want to give people the option to accept it.
[snip-then in another post]
> I figured this out.  The site and applet are at
> http://www.tangrams.com/IF/

Of course you know "signing" means that only people with rather
up-to-date browsers (Java 1.1 enabled) will be able to view this...

With NS 3.01 I get "class Zplet" not found, which is because my browser
is an "antique" (but I like it. ;-)

FWIW. Bob L.
-- 
Robert Lynch-Berkeley CA USA-rmlynch@best.com
http://www.best.com/~rmlynch/