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Cryptix JCE for Java 1.4 Released

Posted by michael on from the java-plus-crypto-equals-good dept.

Yoda2 writes "A new snapshot of the Cryptix Java Cryptography Extensions (JCE) API was released on the Cryptix.org site yesterday. You can download the file here. Among other things, this finally allows for PGP encryption/decryption of files from the Java JDK 1.4 when used in conjunction with Cryptix OpenPGP."

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  1. This is important by JohnA · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Take note of this... until now, there were no open source implementations of the JCE that ran under JDK 1.4. Sun's implementation does not have source available, and they even went the extra step to obfuscate their JCE with DashO-Pro. Transparency is vital to cryptography, as anything less casts a shadow of doubt.

    Just my humble opinion...

  2. My prediction by 0x0d0a · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I predict a stunning lack of impact in the Java using world -- people will continue using insecure storage and protocols and plaintext all over the place.

    Developers *like* features. They have to have security *forced* upon them.

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    May we never see th