Re: Java security API

Marianne Mueller (mrm@eng.sun.com)
Thu, 10 Apr 1997 19:52:19 -0700

Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 19:52:19 -0700
Message-Id: <199704110252.TAA00928@puffin.eng.sun.com>
From: Marianne Mueller <mrm@eng.sun.com>
To: qiu@cerc.wvu.edu
Subject: Re: Java security API

No, there are no encryption APIs nor LDAP APIs in JDK 1.1.1.
You're right, JDK has the digital signature support.

We are planning a separate US-only release of a package named Java
Cryptographic Extensions. This will have an abstract API
java.security.Cipher which can then be implemented by a provider
encryption algorithm. The Sun provider implements DES and 3DES.

The alpha release for JCE is due out in the spring. It will be a
US-only release.

> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 15:54:39 -0500
> From: Shiye Qiu <qiu@cerc.wvu.edu>
>
> It seems to me that the current Java Security API supports
> mainly digital signature functionalities. I=A0would like to know
> if it has some other things like encryption and LDAP connection.
>
> Thanks.
>
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