[RFC] netx: dont prompt the user repeatedly for the same jar certificate

[Omair Majid]

Hi,

The attached patch makes it so the user is not prompted repeatedly to 
accept the same certificate when running a JNLP application.

The test case I have used is SweeHome3D [1]. Without the patch, the user 
is prompted to accept a certificate by "Emmanuel Puybaret" and then 
prompted 3 times to accept certificates from "Sun Microsystems Inc"
With the patch, the user is only prompted 2 times: once for each 
certificate publisher.

The updated code keeps a list of certificates the user has accepted. 
Before prompting the user, it checks if the user has already trusted the 
certificate before.

One thing I am unsure about is where to store the list of temporarily 
trusted certificates. VariableX509TrustManager, which handles HTTPS 
certificates (but not JAR certificatess) keeps a separate list.

Any comments?

Cheers,
Omair

[1] http://www.sweethome3d.com/SweetHome3D.jnlp
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