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Re: [Cryptography] Looking for feedback on new Java crypto library
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Yonan)
Wed Nov 13 14:57:34 2013
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Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 12:44:29 -0700
From: James Yonan <james@openvpn.net>
To: Steve Weis <steveweis@gmail.com>,
Max Kington <mkington@webhanger.com>
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On 13/11/2013 10:12, Steve Weis wrote:
> Hi Max. Keyczar runs above a Java crypto provider; it doesn't replace
> it. You can use Bouncy Castle as the underlying provider if you prefer.
> Keyczar does use the JCE by default, though.
>
> The goal is to abstract the Java crypto provider interface and use it
> safely by default, which us similar to James' JACS.
Right, JACS builds on top of JCE and Bouncy Castle. For example, if you
link with Bouncy Castle, JACS can make use of additional non-AES ciphers
such as Twofish or Serpent.
James
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