<html> <!-- ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK ***** - Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1 - - The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version - 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with - the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at - http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/ - - Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, - WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License - for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the - License. - - The Original Code is the Netscape Security Services for Java. - - The Initial Developer of the Original Code is - Netscape Communications Corporation. - Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 1998-2000 - the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved. - - Contributor(s): - - Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of - either the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"), or - the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"), - in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead - of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this file only - under the terms of either the GPL or the LGPL, and not to allow others to - use your version of this file under the terms of the MPL, indicate your - decision by deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice - and other provisions required by the GPL or the LGPL. If you do not delete - the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under - the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL. - - ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** --> <head> <title>Netscape Security Services for Java</title> </head> <body bgcolor="white" text="black"> <!--font face="sans-serif"--> <center><h1>Netscape Security Services for Java</h1></center> Netscape Security Services for Java (JSS) is an interface allowing Java applications to use the Secure Sockets Layer protocol. The interface is implemented with the FIPS-validated Netscape Security Services library. It consists of a system-dependent dynamic library (<code>libjss.so</code> on UNIX, <code>jss.dll</code> on Windows) and a ZIP file (<code>jss.zip</code>) containing system-independent Java classes. These classes are compatible with JDK 1.1 or later <b>using the native thread implementation (not green threads)</b>. <h2>Building Applications with JSS</h2> To construct Java applications that use JSS, you must: <ul> <li>Call the JSS classes from your application. <li>When compiling your application, put <code>jss.zip</code> in your <code>CLASSPATH</code>. <li>When running your application, put <code>libjss.so</code> in your <code>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</code> (on UNIX) or <code>jss.dll</code> in your <code>PATH</code> (on Windows), and put <code>jss.zip</code> in your <code>CLASSPATH</code>. </ul> <h2>Programming with JSS</h2> Before the SSL classes can be used, <a href="javadoc/org/mozilla/jss/NSSInit.html#initialize(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)"> <code>NSSInit.initialize</code></a> must be called to open the security databases and initialize the random number generator. <a href="javadoc/org/mozilla/jss/NSSInit.html#setPasswordCallback(org.mozilla.jss.util.PasswordCallback)"><code> NSSInit.setPasswordCallback</code></a> may be called to change the password callback; the default is to prompt for passwords on the command line. <p>The files in the <code>examples</code> directory illustrate the use of JSS in an application: <dl> <dt><a href="examples/SSLClient.java">SSLClient.java</a> <dd>An example of an SSL client application. <dt><a href="examples/SSLServer.java">SSLServer.java</a> <dd>An example of an SSL server application. To run, it requires certificate and key databases that contain a certificate called "SSLServer". The sample <code>cert7.db</code> and <code>key3.db</code> files, also in the <code>examples</code> directory, can be used for this purpose. When <code>SSLServer</code> is run, it will ask for a password for the "Internal Key Storage Token", which is the key database. The password for the example <code>key3.db</code> file is "netscape". </dl> These classes are in the <code>org.mozilla.jss.ssl</code> package. The <code>.class</code> files must be put in the subdirectory <code>org/mozilla/jss/ssl</code> of a <code>CLASSPATH</code> entry in order to be located by the Java virtual machine. <a href="javadoc/index.html"><h2>Javadoc for the JSS Classes</h2></a> <!--/font--> </body> </html>
