Why not WebStart?
tiewknvc9 wrote:
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Im trying to deploy an application that keeps the jar files intact.
You have been asking a lot of questions related to X-plat deployment.
I have previously suggested WebStart does most (if not all) of
what you want, but you said you did not want to have to sign
the code.
Could you set my mind at rest on two matters?
1) I am not convinced you application needs to be signed,
a lot can be done from within the JWS API. What exactly
does the application do? How does it use files, the
network, printer, user properties .. (other 'secure' things)?
2) What is your objection(s) to signing the code?
a) is it more for the extra build hassles - getting a
valid certificate and signing the code, or is it thinking
that the users will not OK those scary webstart
security warnings?
b) something else? some 'security concerns' were raised in
relation to JNLP handling of secure applications, AFAIR.
Note that you don not *have* to answer any of these questions,
but I would appreciate it if you would, and believe that it will
ultimately help your effort to deploy the application. (If nothing
else - if you can convince me that JWS is out of the question
for this task - I can at least stop wasting your bandwidth
discussing it!)
Andrew T.