The E-Business Suite uses Java Archive (JAR) files to deliver certain types of E-Business Suite content desktop clients.  Previously we announced the support of securing JAR files with 3072-bit certificates signed by a third-party Certificate Authority (CA).  We now support securing JAR files with in-house generated certificates.  The new steps to use an in-house Certificate Authority for securing JAR files are provided in:

• Enhanced Signing of Oracle E-Business Suite JAR Files (Note 1207184.1)
  

This enhancement is great news for those of you familiar with the warning that is triggered when using a self-signed certificate.  As a result of supporting self-signed certificates, the following warning can be avoided:

Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Certified Platforms

• Linux x86 (Oracle Linux 4, 5)
• Linux x86 (RHEL 3, 4, 5)
• Linux x86 (SLES 9, 10)
• Linux x86-64 (Oracle Linux 4, 5)
• Linux x86-64 (RHEL 4, 5)
• Linux x86-64 (SLES 9, 10) 
• Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit) (8, 9, 10)
• IBM AIX on Power Systems (64-bit) (5.3, 6.1)
• IBM Linux on System z** (RHEL 5, SLES 9, SLES 10)
• HP-UX Itanium (11.23, 11.31)
• HP-UX PA-RISC (64-bit) (11.11, 11.23, 11.31)
• Microsoft Windows Server (32-bit) (2003, 2008 for EBS 12.1 only)

• Linux x86 (Oracle Enterprise Linux 4, 5)
• Linux x86 (RHEL 3, 4, 5)
• Linux x86 (SLES 8, 9, 10)
• Linux x86 (Asianux 1.0)
• Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit) (8, 9, 10)
• IBM AIX on Power Systems (64-bit) (5.3, 6.1)
• HP-UX PA-RISC (64-bit) (11.11, 11.23, 11.31)
• HP Tru64 (5.1b)
• Microsoft Windows Server (32-bit) (2000, 2003)

References

• Enhanced Signing of Oracle E-Business Suite JAR Files (Note 1207184.1)

• Two New Options for Signing E-Business Suite JAR Files Now Available
• What Are the Minimum Desktop Requirements for EBS?
• Internet Explorer 9 Certified with Oracle E-Business Suite