May 2001
Intermediate to advanced
1088 pages
30h 13m
English
JSSE uses two kinds of repositories for data exchange: a key store and a trust store. The server uses the key store to locate its private keys and its certificates, whereas the client uses the trust store to locate trusted CAs, as illustrated in Figure 35.4.

The difference between a key store and a trust store is really more of a difference in terminology. A trust store is just a key store without any keys—only certificates. You can use the JDK's keytool program to manage key stores and trust stores. JDK 1.3 ships with a default trust ...
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