Deployment files for IIOP/SSL applets against 8i

Question

I was reading 8i's docs on SSL authentication with IIOP clients.
I am particularly interested in deployment issues with regards to
java applets (e.g.: what JAR files and others needs to be
installed on the client machine).
The 8i EJB/CORBA doc mentioned that you need vbj30ssl.jar
installed on the cleint for the applet to communicate via
IIOP/SSL.
Then, on the other hand, reading OAS 4.0.7 documentation, it
mentioned that for clients to communicate via IIOP/SLL to OAS,
the following files are needed:
* vbjorb.jar (for basic IIOP)
* vbj30ssl.jar (for IIOP/SSL)
... and the following files for win clients:
* vbj30ssl.dll for Win/Netscape
* vbmissl.dll for Win/IE
Since 8i and OAS basically use the same ORB (Visibroker) and the
same version of SSL and visibrokker version, I am confused as to
what are really needed on the client side.
My questions are:
1) Do the windows client browsers REALLY need vbj30ssl.dll and
vbmissl.dll for IIOP/SSL to work??? Neither of these DLLs are
mentioned in 8i doc nor with JDeveloper doc, only in OAS doc.
2) If these DLLs are needed, they are not included with
JDeveloper nor with OAS anyway. Meaning I have to buy the
visibroker SSL pack (version 3.2).
3) Has anyone done work with applets talking via IIOP/SSL to
OAS/8i?
4) I am concerned about how to make the client talk via IIOP in
the first place, since applets cannot talk to another machine
except from where it was downloaded (I am planning on 8i and
Apache on separate machines). Our network guys mentioned that all
we need is a proxy server so that, as far as the applet is
concerned, it is talking to the same host as where it was
downloaded, even though the proxy send the actual IIOP packets to
the 8i host.
Thanks,
John Salvo
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Answer 1

Jesus,
I'm not sure about the client-DLL item you mentioned in your
original note.
For applets, you need to deploy everything that is required by
the applet at design-time. In your JDeveloper project where you
have designed the applet, check Project Properties to view the
list of libraries that were used by the project.
To find out what archives make up that library, click the
Libraries button. Select the library you want to look at, and
it's source archives or directory paths will be listed in the
Classpath field. Note that some libraries are made up of more
than one archive.
If your applet compiles and runs within JDeveloper, then you need
to make sure that everything your applet has access to within
JDeveloper is also available at runtime.
This is probably a little more reliable a method than relying on
the docs.
Laura
Jesus M. Salvo Jr. (guest) wrote:
: Okay, JDeveloper also has aurora_client.jar, vbjorb.jar, and
: vbj30ssl.jar. Do ALL of these needs to be deployed with my
applet
: for IIOP/SSL to work??
: Jesus M. Salvo Jr. (guest) wrote:
: : I was reading 8i's docs on SSL authentication with IIOP
: clients.
: : I am particularly interested in deployment issues with
regards
: to
: : java applets (e.g.: what JAR files and others needs to be
: : installed on the client machine).
: : The 8i EJB/CORBA doc mentioned that you need vbj30ssl.jar
: : installed on the cleint for the applet to communicate via
: : IIOP/SSL.
: : Then, on the other hand, reading OAS 4.0.7 documentation, it
: : mentioned that for clients to communicate via IIOP/SLL to
OAS,
: : the following files are needed:
: : * vbjorb.jar (for basic IIOP)
: : * vbj30ssl.jar (for IIOP/SSL)
: : ... and the following files for win clients:
: : * vbj30ssl.dll for Win/Netscape
: : * vbmissl.dll for Win/IE
: : Since 8i and OAS basically use the same ORB (Visibroker) and
: the
: : same version of SSL and visibrokker version, I am confused as
: to
: : what are really needed on the client side.
: : My questions are:
: : 1) Do the windows client browsers REALLY need vbj30ssl.dll
and
: : vbmissl.dll for IIOP/SSL to work??? Neither of these DLLs are
: : mentioned in 8i doc nor with JDeveloper doc, only in OAS doc.
: : 2) If these DLLs are needed, they are not included with
: : JDeveloper nor with OAS anyway. Meaning I have to buy the
: : visibroker SSL pack (version 3.2).
: : 3) Has anyone done work with applets talking via IIOP/SSL to
: : OAS/8i?
: : 4) I am concerned about how to make the client talk via IIOP
in
: : the first place, since applets cannot talk to another machine
: : except from where it was downloaded (I am planning on 8i and
: : Apache on separate machines). Our network guys mentioned that
: all
: : we need is a proxy server so that, as far as the applet is
: : concerned, it is talking to the same host as where it was
: : downloaded, even though the proxy send the actual IIOP
packets
: to
: : the 8i host.
: : Thanks,
: : John Salvo
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