# asymmetric encryption with JCE 1

EVANS.CHRIS@canadatrust.com
Tuesday, 23 June 1998 5:17pm ET

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    From: EVANS.CHRIS@canadatrust.com

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    Date: Tuesday, 23 June 1998 5:17pm ET

    To: java-security@javasun.javasoft.com

    Subject: asymmetric encryption with JCE 1

I was wondering whether or not there was support for encryption with
asymmetric keys implemented in JCE 1.2. The documentation seems to indicate
that DES (I'm assuming DES only includes symmetric keys) is the only algorithm
available to instantiate javax.crypto.Cipher.

I was looking for something along the lines of:

Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("RSA");
or
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("DSA");

It looks like third party packages (such as Systemics Ltd's Cryptix or RSA's
JSafe) are the only available options. Is that right?

Any help would be appreciated,
Chris Evans.

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