EJB vs. Web Services
This article is by no means an exhaustive discussion on the subject of Web Services and EJBs. But, I have often found many of the points I bring up here missing from meaningful debate. Researching this article also gave me an opportunity to go over material I've been wanting to read for a while now.
Part 2: Custom Client-Server Java Application That CommunicatesOver A Mutually Authenticated SSL (MASSL) Connection
This is the second of a two-part series discussing Java and Mutually Authenticated SSL. This will gave you a taste of how a J2EE container is communicating (over SSL or MASSL) behind the scenes.
Part 1: Creating your own SSL certificates for a custom Java client-server application
If you replace the steps for creating your own CA private key & certificate and signing your own certificate (with the CA) with having certificates signed by a legitimate Certificate Authority, you've got the basic idea behind creating/ordering certs for most situations.
Masters Project Defense
On November 29, 2007, I gave my Masters Project Defense before Dr. Chris Gill, Dr. Cindy Grimm, and Dr. Roger Chamberlain. This is the presentation. I’m posting it here because it involved analyzing low-level details of a Sun JVM running JBoss 3.x.