Re: JNLP & Web start & signing?

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:10:27 +0200, Dado wrote:

> Andrew Thompson wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:01:00 +0200, Dado wrote:
>>
>>> I signed my jar, created jnlp file which starts install procedure of my
>>> application.
>>> I expected that the user will be ask for pasword ...
....
>> No. JWS is designed to protect the *end* *user*.
>> It is not designed for 'copy protection'.
>
> And how end-user is protected when he only so my name and my signature? Is
> protected from what?

People who are *not* you.

The end user only allows the code to run if they trust
the person or company that signed it.

There is som more information on 'trust', here..
<http://www.physci.org/install/security.jsp>

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