Signing Code for Netscape Navigator

To digitally sign your code for Netscape Navigator, you'll need Netscape's signing tool, which is available at http://developer.netscape.com.

You must also have the cert7.db and key3.db files available from your Netscape installation. To create a new key, type the following:

signtool –G –d dir
					

dir is the directory where your cert7.db and key3.db files are. The signtool program prompts you for the alias of the certificate and also for the information that goes into the certificate.

Netscape uses a capabilities API similar to the one in the standard JDK and in the Microsoft Java implementation. You must ask the security manager to grant you permission to perform a particular operation. It's best to ask before ...

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