# Re: DES Key example

Jan Luehe (Jan.Luehe@Eng)
Wed, 21 May 1997 10:03:35 -0700

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    Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 10:03:35 -0700

    From: Jan.Luehe@Eng (Jan Luehe)

    Message-Id: <199705211703.KAA27320@mosel.eng.sun.com>

    To: java-security@javasoft.com, maysa@certco.com

    Subject: Re: DES Key example

Allan:

> I need to decrypt a file using DES.... the key was generated by
> a c++ program on another machine and I want to use that key
> with the Java Crypto Extensions to decrypt a file... can you provide
> me a small sample of how to pass the key into the decryption
> api? Any help would be appreciated.

Currently, there is no provision for "importing" an existing key,
i.e., setting a key object with existing key data.

It's on our list of things we plan to provide.

Thanks,

Jan

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