# Encryption Interfaces Missing?

Alan Tonisson (alan.tonisson@webaustralia.com.au)
Tue, 27 May 1997 19:22:40 +1000

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    Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 19:22:40 +1000

    From: Alan Tonisson <alan.tonisson@webaustralia.com.au>

    To: java-security@web2.javasoft.com

    Subject: Encryption Interfaces Missing?

Are there interfaces/classes missing from your Cryptography Architecture
Specification due to export restrictions or something?
Classes/interfaces for encrypting data seem to be missing. You can
generate keys but there seems to be no way to use those keys to encrypt
something. It seems you need a Cipher class which takes a key as an
argument to its constructor.

We have our own encryption technology and would like to be a security
provider and would like to support your standard interfaces.

Surely the U.S. export restrictions don't forbid you to supply
interfaces?

Can you tell me if the interfaces are missing or if not how do I encrypt
something?

I would be grateful for any light you can shed on this mystery,

Alan Tonisson
Senior Software Engineer,
Web Australia
alan.tonisson@webaustralia.com.au
tonisson@ozemail.com.au

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