Re: JCE vs. javakey - how?

Marianne Mueller (Marianne.Mueller@Eng)
Wed, 7 May 1997 18:51:13 -0700 (PDT)

Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 18:51:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: Marianne Mueller <Marianne.Mueller@Eng>
Subject: Re: JCE vs. javakey - how?
To: uri@watson.ibm.com

There is a "how to use javakey" for signing at
http://java.sun.com/security/usingJavakey.html

You might also check out the demo at
http://java.sun.com/security/example/sign

We don't have all the integrated tools support for using keys generated
with javakey with the JCE APIs.

Think of the technology that is out there now as part of the first step,
a basic technology release. The integration with tools, and tying things
together with a certificate management infrastructure, is part of what we
are working on for the next major JDK release.

It's interesting that all your questions do concern key management
and certificate management! We know that this is a big need that everyone
has.

Marianne

> I want to exchange the keys between my Java code and
> "javakey". How do I do that?
>
> 1. To be able to sign things with the key I generated
> in "javakey" (and possibly certified).
>
> 2. To be able to decrypt/verify with either my Public
> key, or somebody else's "*.cer" that I installed.
>
> 3. "Export" the keyPair that my app generated, so that
> if I wish I can use it to sign JAR files.
>
> How can I do that? JDK-1.1.1, JCE-1.1.