How to Sign a MIDlet
December 14th, 2009
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These are the required steps in summary to sign MIDlets with a certificate.
- Generate public/private key pairs.
- Generate Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and submit it to CA .
- Sign the MIDLet with the certificate.
Here are the list of software required to accomplish the steps:
- Sun Java 2 SDK or JRE
- Sun Wireless Tool Kit (WTK)
Generate public/private key pairs
Create a Keystore
From the command line navigate to Java 2 SDK bin directory (if it is not in the PATH yet) and type the below command :
keytool -genkey -keyalg rsa -keystore <keystore_filename> -alias <alias_name>
It prompts you to enter a password for your keystore, your name, organization, and address. For example:
Categories: Funambol, Java certificate authority, Certificate Signing Request, CSR, keytool, Sign a Midlet, thawte, verisign



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