# Re: JCE framework availability

Jan Luehe (luehe@laguna.eng.sun.com)
Thu, 30 Jul 1998 09:46:34 -0700 (PDT)

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    Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 09:46:34 -0700 (PDT)

    From: Jan Luehe <luehe@laguna.eng.sun.com>

    Subject: Re: JCE framework availability

    To: java-security@java.Sun.COM, peterh@scmb.co.za

Peter:

> I reside outside the US and Canada, and I read that the new JCE allows
> other cryptography libraries to be plugged in.
>
> Is it possible to download just the JCE framework, with all the actual
> crypto algorithms taken out, so that I can build an implementation of
> them using our existing non-USA cryptography code?

Unfortunately, this is not possible.
The export control regulations for cryptography restrict even that
(they refer to it as "crypto with a hole").

Jan

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