Firefox Plug-In XML Digital Signature Tool

Hochschule
Mannheim/
Fakultät f.
Informatik
Hinweise
Markus Gumbel
[email protected]
Firefox Plug-In
XML Digital Signature Tool
Inhalt
Version ....................................................................................................................... 1
Installation ................................................................................................................. 1
Hinweise ..................................................................................................................... 2
Bugs ........................................................................................................................... 3
Version
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URL:
Plug-In-Version:
Firefox-Version:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4522
0.1.3.20090408
3.0 — 3.6a1pre
Installation
Bitte Installationshinweise unter beachten! Es muss zuerst die Apache XERCES-C
Bibliothek installiert werden, bevor das Plug-In installiert wird.
INSTALLTION INSTRUCTIONS for Firefox 3:
You have to install and configure the Apache XERCES-C library before you can
use the Add-on. Please follow the instructions below for respective platfom.
WINDOWS (x86):
- Download APACHE XERCES-C++ v2.8.0 for x86-Windows
http://www.apache.org/dist/xerces/c/2/binaries/xerces-c_2_8_0-x86-windowsvc_8_0.zip
- Unzip and extract the dowloaded file
- Add the EXERCES lib directories to your PATH environment variable
set PATH=XERCES-INSTALL-DIR\bin;%PATH%
- run the Firefox browser
FIREFOX3-INSTALL-DIR\firefox.exe /P
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LINUX(x86):
- Download APACHE XERCES-C++ v2.8.0 for x86-Linux
http://www.apache.org/dist/xerces/c/binaries/xerces-c_2_8_0-x86-linuxgcc_3_4.tar.gz
- Decompress and untar the tar.gz file (tar zxvf DOWNLOAD-DIR/xerces-c_2_8_0x86-linux-gcc_3_4.tar.gz)
- Add the EXERCES lib directories to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment
variable
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=XERCES-INSTALL-DIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
- run the Firefox browser
FIREFOX3-INSTALL-DIR/firefox -P
MacOSX(x86):
- Download APACHE XERCES-C x86-MacOS
http://www.apache.org/dist/xerces/c/binaries/xerces-c_2_8_0-x86-macosxgcc_4_0.tar.gz
- Decompress and untar the tar.gz file (tar zxvf DOWNLOAD-DIR/xerces-c_2_8_0x86-linux-gcc_3_4.tar.gz)
- Add the EXERCES lib directories to your DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH environment
variable
export
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=XERCES-INSTALLDIR/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
- run the Firefox browser
FIREFOX3-INSTALL-DIR/firefox -P
Other platforms: Not Supported.
Note:
If the signing does not work, re-install the add-on (XPI file)
(uninstall then install - do not install over existing add-on).
Hinweise
Es empfiehlt sich, im Menupunkt „Tools/Key Manager Toolbox/XML Sign/Verify …
Wizard“ die Option „Save XML Doc in intermediate steps” zu aktivieren. Dann wird
das signierte Dokument sofort gespeichert.
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Fakultät f.
Informatik
Hinweise
Markus Gumbel
[email protected]
Bugs
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Das Tool selbst oder die intern verwendeten Bibliotheken können keine XMLDateien signieren, die Sonderzeichen wie z.B. ü, ö, ä oder ß beinhalten.
Folglich dürfen keine XM-Tags diese Sonderzeichen enthalten.
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