Jim Miller wrote:
Would it be possible to create a Java applet that causes the client machine to sign or encrypt something with their private key, and then send back timing info?
For the answer to be YES a few things need to be true. There needs to be some sort of standard crypto API in use that can be accessed by a Java script, and Java scripts need to be able to capture and send back timing info. Does anyone on this list know enough about Java to know if it can do any of these things?
In Netscape Navigator 2.0 Java and JavaScript do not have access to crypto routines. At some point in the future this will probably change, but only after we understand the implications much better than we do today. --Jeff -- Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist Netscape Communication Corporation jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw Any opinions expressed above are mine.