Re: Encryption and JCC

Jan Luehe (Jan.Luehe@Eng)
Mon, 30 Mar 1998 18:20:55 -0800 (PST)

Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 18:20:55 -0800 (PST)
From: Jan Luehe <Jan.Luehe@Eng>
Subject: Re: Encryption and JCC
To: java-security@web1.javasoft.com, dbluhm@pragmatyxs.com

Derin:

> I am relatively new to Java. I need to build an application for a
> trading center that will open an encrypted channel to upload/download
> from my database at the remote site.

You can use CipherInputStream and CipherOutputStream (provided
in the JCE 1.2 extension package) for that purpose.

> I can do this now on an open channel, but I woul like to make it
> secure. Has the Java Cryptography Architecture progressed to the point
> that it supports standard encryption models (RSA)?

JCE 1.2 supports all the classes and interfaces for RSA, with no
actual implementation. The next release of RSA's Jsafe will be a
cryptographic service provider to the JCA.

> Where do I get it?
> If not, have third parties produced the code for this yet?

See above.

Jan