Java 7u21 affects Java 7u17 and earlier, Java 6u43 and earlier and Java 5u41 and earlier, Oracle said. The company also added additional code-signing and warnings to users that an applet could be ...

Java’s code-signing requirements have proven to be a bust, security researchers say, and now even longtime developers are losing faith in the programming language. Why would a software company ...

Newer versions of Java now require all JAR files to be signed with a valid code-signing key, and starting with Java 7 Update 51, unsigned or self-signed applications are blocked from running.

Another way to completely eliminate the use of plain text passwords in a secure Java code base is to use some type of password service. WebSphere provides a service called Credential Vault. At runtime ...