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Java Security, 2nd Edition
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Java Security, 2nd Edition

by Scott Oaks
May 2001
Intermediate to advanced
618 pages
20h 50m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Software Used in This Book

The information in this book is based on the Java 2 Standard Edition, version 1.3 (or 1.3, for short). There are slight differences between how Java security operates in 1.2 (that is, the Java 2 Standard Edition, version 1.2) and 1.3. When we refer to a specific release, we’ll use its number; otherwise, we’ll say Java 2 to refer to either platform.

In addition, there are great differences in how Java security operates between the Java 1.1 and the Java 2 platform. While we concentrate on Java 1.3, the end of each chapter contains a section that elucidates the differences between Java 1.3 and previous releases of Java. Some of the very different topics of Java 1.1 are presented in the appendices of this book; it is not generally recommended that you use the facilities and APIs discussed there since they are not compatible with the Java 2 platform.

We present information in this book from three standard Java extensions: the Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) version 1.2.1, the Java Secure Sockets Extension (JSSE) version 1.0.2, and the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) version 1.0. Each of these contributes certain technologies to the Java security story. These extensions require 1.3.

Information about the extensions is presented thoughout the book as it makes sense. The JSSE API defines a set of classes that are used to perform SSL operations, and these are discussed in a separate chapter. The JSSE API also defines a set of classes that ...

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