Re: JCE 1.2

Jan Luehe (Jan.Luehe@eng.sun.com)
Tue, 9 Mar 1999 11:11:27 -0800 (PST)

Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 11:11:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Jan Luehe <Jan.Luehe@eng.sun.com>
Subject: Re: JCE 1.2
To: java-security@java.sun.com, rgilbert@ipdinc.com

Richard:

Please read the API_users_guide.html document that
is part of the JCE bundle you donwloaded.

It explains that JCE comes with a default provider
named SunJCE, and lists the algorithms it implements.

It also explains how to install that provider.

Jan

> To whom it may concern,
>
> I have a need to use cryptography in some of my programming. One method
> of encryption I am looking into is DES. I have been reading info on the
> Java Cryptography Extenstions and have been trying to find a clear cut
> answer to one question. When the documents on JCE say the DES algorithm
> or any other encryption algorithm for that matter is supported is it
> safe to say that the JCE has these encryption algorithms allready within
> in it's code or does the programmer have to supply these algorithms on
> his own.. Also, if these algorithms are built into JCE 1.2 could you
> tell me what other encrytion algorithms are supplied?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Richard Gilbert
>