> I would like to give you my comments on JCE. I am in France and I need
> to use Diffie Hellman and other crypto algorithm. The problem I have is
> that I cannot base my software on JCE because you cannot export it. So I
> need to go with packages like Cryptix.
>
> I would like to know whether it would be possible for you to separate
> the JCE into sereval parts : one would be the API definition, without
> any code that cannot be exported, and one part containing the actual
> implementation of the algorithm. This, it would be possible for people
> like me to use interfaces like 'javax.crypto.Cipher' instead of using
> 'Object' just because I may use 'Cryptix'. It would help a lot !!
>
> Hope you can help me... ;-)
Please see the announcement below of a clean room implementation
of JCE 1.2 by a company in Australia. They also make source
code available.
Sun is also looking at providing an exportable version of JCE
in the future.
Jan
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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 16:42:08 +1100
From: Bernard Leach <leachbj@aba.net.au>
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To: java-security@java.sun.com
Subject: ABA releases JCE crypto package
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ABA releases JCE crypto package
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The ABA JCE is a clean room implementation of the Java Cryptography
Extension (JCE) API as defined by Sun Microsystems, plus a provider
of underlying crypto algorithms.
This JCE is based on the early access beta2 version of the JCE as
available from the Java Developer Connection early access area.
JDK 1.02, 1.1 and 1.2(fcs) compatible versions are available
including complete source code.
See http://www.aba.net.au/solutions/crypto/jce.html for more
information!
-- Bernard Leach Australian Business Access Pty Ltd. leachbj@aba.net.au http://www.aba.net.au/people/leachbj/