Self-Sign HowTo?

Mon, 02 Jun 2003 08:06:03 -0400

Here is how I did it on a Redhat linux 8.0 box with Java SDK 1.4 
installed (I got the RPM from java.sun.com).

1. Get the jar.

wget http://www.appgate.com/mindterm/MindTerm-2.3.1/mindterm_2.3.1-bin.zip
unzip mindterm_2.3.1-bin.zip
mv mindterm.jar mindtermfull.jar

2. Create a self-signed (dummy) certificate.

keytool -genkey -keystore mykeystore -alias myalias

keytool -selfcert -keystore mykeystore -alias myalias

3. Sign your jar with your dummy certificate.

jarsigner -keystore mykeystore mindtermfull.jar myalias

4. Use the HTML code as previously posted (e.g. edit index.html)

<html>
<head>
<title>SSH Java Applet</title>
<meta content="text/html" http-equiv=Content-Type>
</head>
<body>
<br>
<center>
<h1>Loading SSH Applet</h1>
</center>

<applet>
<param name="height"    value="1">
<param name="width"     value="1">
<param name="code"      value="com.mindbright.application.MindTerm.class">
<param name="codeBase"  value="./">
<param name="archive"   value="mindtermfull.jar">
<param name="port"      value="22">
<param name="alive"     value="10">
<param name="te"        value="xterm-color">
<param name="gm"        value="80x32">
<param name="sepframe"  value="true">
<param name="quiet"     value="true">
<param name="cmdsh"     value="false">
<param name="autoprops" value="none">
<param name="verbose"   value="false">
<param name="idhost"    value="false">
<param name="debug"     value="false">
</applet>
</body>
</html>

5. Put the jar in the same directory as your html file.

cp mindtermfull.jar /var/www/html/
chmod a+r /var/www/html/mindtermfull.jar /var/www/html/index.html

6. Point your browser to your website, and enjoy!

Note: your users will get security warnings because you've used a 
self-signed certificate.  Just tell them to dismiss the warnings.

This worked for me in both IE 6.0 and Moz 1.4b.  I *was* able to connect 
to arbitrary remote hosts.  I did not attempt file transfer or port 
forwarding.

7. After enjoying, consider paying for a license.  Mindbright has a 
really awesome product, and I'd hate to see them stop development on it.

DJ