| 9/30/05:
| terminated development
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| 3/7/03:
| dusted off, reformatted for new website
fixed broken links
added note about Microsoft withdrawing Java SDK
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| 9/26/99: |
added info on creating test certificates
added list of browsers which understand signed applets
added notes on reading images from .jar files
added security level parameter to cabsign.bat, examples
updated VeriSign and Thawte information
updated Java Plugin information
checked all old links
added a number of new links
added list of domains/countries that have visited this page (more
vanity...)
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| 10/28/98: |
broke document into nine smaller pages
added section on Sun Java Plugin
added link to Mark Basler applet
enhanced Signing for Microsoft Internet
Explorer section
added information on the use of Microsoft's com.ms.security classes
made many other improvements
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| 4/21/98: |
updated Netscape signing procedure to use
Netscape Signing Tool 1.0
added new CA Belsign
checked and added links
made lots of small changes to rest of document
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| 3/31/98: |
moved release history to end of document
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| 3/27/98: |
added information on Netscape Signing Tool
version 1.0
added separate section on Certificate Authorities
added info on Thawte's method of delivering Authenticode certificates
added more information on Thawte in Vendors section
added Email link for requesting notification of updates
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| 3/10/98: |
added hit counter to page (vanity, thy
name is consultant...)
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| 3/6/98: |
added links to example signed pages
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| 2/28/98: |
fixed zigbert template line
for listing database
added note about Entrust's free certificates
added link to document on Netscape's Capabilities API
added problem-solving sections
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| 2/3/98: |
added note about why timestamping might
fail
added three new Netscape document links
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| 1/16/98: |
updated URL of Signing Applets for
Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator
tweaked formatting
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| 1/15/98: |
added note about activating codebase principals
for Navigator
added creation of test certificates for Authenticode
changed incorrect msvcrt.dll to msvcrtd.dll
added certificate authority Entrust
added note about CA certificates being installed on browsers
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| 1/12/98: |
added certificate authority Thawte
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| 1/10/98: |
added table of contents
added verification info for .jar files
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| 1/8/98: |
noted bug in zigbert version
0.60/A
updated to match changes in Microsoft's and Netscape's tools
added information on timestamping archives
enhanced and cleaned up batch files
checked and updated links
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| 12/15/97: |
joined split line in jarsign.bat
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| 12/12/97: |
added note about zigbert and
passwords
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| 12/5/97: |
removed angle brackets from within zigbert
documentation link
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| 12/4/97: |
updated location of Microsoft tools
changed incorrect "zigsign.bat" references to "jarsign.bat"
added certificate authority SECUDE
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| 10/29/97: |
first release
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