JCE Separatism

Bradley, Brian, BGM (brianbradley@att.com)
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:33:16 -0500

From: "Bradley, Brian, BGM" <brianbradley@att.com>
To: java-security@java.sun.com
Subject: JCE Separatism
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:33:16 -0500

Java Team:

I have recently begun studying the cryptographic features included in the
JCE. Could you please provide some background as to why these classes were
split from the standard JDK 1.2 package? I understand about the export
restrictions, but are there any other reasons? Why were message digests and
signatures included in the JCA, but ciphers were not?

Thanks,
Brian Bradley