Technical Specs

The following are the platform specifications for implementing the ProofMark system.

Supported server platforms
Windows 2000/2003 server. Ubuntu Linux (planned).

Java platform requirements
Java runtime 1.4.2 or later.

Database support
Oracle Server, DB2, SQL Server

Protocol requirements
HTTP 1.1 and XML

Security/crypto components
JSSE, SHA1, SHA 256, SHA 384, SHA512, RSA, ECC (planned)

Recommended hardware
Multi-processor Intel X86 compatible systems.

Client API
Java, native COM/.NET, XML-over-HTTP

The ProofMark client API provides a client-side application-programming interface to the ProofMark server for issuing and verifying ProofMark certificates. In the current release, the client API is implemented in Java, but implementations in any other language or system that supports HTTP socket programming are possible.