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Java cryptography and free distributions

Posted Mar 15, 2007 13:32 UTC (Thu) by nim-nim (subscriber, #34454)
In reply to: Java cryptography and free distributions by gouyou
Parent article: Java cryptography and free distributions

And what happens when he updates his sun-provided jvm?

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Posted Mar 15, 2007 15:20 UTC (Thu) by gouyou (guest, #30290) [Link]

There is a per user configuration file for setting this things, but I think the problem is more general:

how do a distribution handle CA certificates, not only the java one but also for things like browsers
how do a distribution handle dependency on external software package

Java cryptography and free distributions

Posted Mar 15, 2007 15:30 UTC (Thu) by nim-nim (subscriber, #34454) [Link]

A distribution handles these things fine - it's not monolithic

JVMs as packaged by SUN however are. All their "config" parts are reinitialized on updates