[thelist] Signtool and JavaScript not JAVA

[John Walker]

I am sending this out again in the hopes that someone can help.  The last 
set of replies dealt mainly with JAVA and JAVA applets.  I am looking for 
help with javascript.  Mainly security permissions regarding NS 4.79.  With 
sign javascript the user will be prompted when I attempted to enable some 
security permissions.  Without it being signed they are not even prompted NS 
simply skips it.

Any help would again be very much appreciated.


All -

Any chance someone has signtool 1.1?  I did have it and didn't follow the 
golden rule of making a system backup.  Needless to say...my HD crashed 
right before Christmas and there was no saving it.

And for anyone wondering yes, I did say signtool 1.1  I am working on a 
project that requires the use of Netscape 4.79.  So unless someone out there 
can tell me for certain that signtool 1.3 will work, I am forced to find 
1.1.

developer.netscape.com has apparently been shut down and so far every 
reference I find is linked back to this site.

While I am here asking let me throw something else out there for everyone.  
As stated earlier I am working against NS 4.79.  I personally have never 
used signtool prior to this project so this leads to my next question and 
assistance request.

Does anyone happen to have a working example of how this thing should work?  
Before losing all my work and test files I was attempting to figure it out.

I was able to do the following:
1. Create a test cert for signing purposes
2. Sign & Jar a .js file
3. Created a html file that accessed the .js file within the jar file

The problems arose when I attempted to set security permissions.  I tested 
that the html file could get to a simple "hello world" via alert function 
within the .js file --- worked fine
When I attempted to enable security permissions this failed.  Checking the 
javascript console I got an error msg stating that the user had not granted 
the required permission.  Though I was never prompted and was assuming that 
having 'signed' the js file it should have done something.

I know this may seem like a lot of nothing and I am hoping to get back to 
where I was in my testing at that time I can send/post more detailed 
information.

ANY AND ALL!!!  HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED