The http://www.javaworld.com/jw-05-2001/security/ directory contains the following files in addition to this file:

* HelloServerMultiple.java: Source file for an SSL server accepting multiple connections

* writeFileSSL.html: HTML file to invoke the applet

* writeFileSSL.jar: Signed jar file containing the class and manifest information

* writeFileSSL.java: Source file which is both an applet and an application


Install JSSE as an extension and compile the HelloServerMultiple.java source file. Start the SSL server on an intranet system (within the firewall, if one present) as below:

jilebi> java -Djavax.net.debug=none 
-Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore=testkeys 
-Djavax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword=passphrase 
HelloServerSSLMultiple

Set the following command line parameter for the Java Plug-in on the client to point to where the server is running:

-DwriteFileSSL.hostname=jilebi

Copy the sample certificates file, samplecacerts, to <java-home>/lib/security/jssecacerts, as suggested in the installation of JSSE. For example, on my Windows system this is at:

c:\Program Files\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3\lib\security\jssecacerts

Then invoke the applet. If you run the server on the same host as the client, the writeFileSSL.hostname property need not be set, in which case, it looks for a server running on the local system.

For a detailed description of how to use these files, refer to the article at:

http://www.javaworld.com/jw-05-2001/jw-0525-security.html