# RE: FCS coming up?

Jan Luehe (Jan.Luehe@eng.sun.com)
Tue, 9 Mar 1999 14:45:47 -0800 (PST)

- Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
- Next message: rt3@webdesign.oxon.de: "IS YOUR COMPUTER READY FOR 2000?"
- Previous message: Frank Yellin: "RE: FCS coming up?"

    Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 14:45:47 -0800 (PST)

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

    Subject: RE: FCS coming up?

    To: Jan.Luehe@eng.sun.com, David.Brownell@eng.sun.com,

Frank:

> I suppose I wish that there were some way of saying for both encryption and
> decryption:
> "Any algorithm parameter I don't provide, just set to the 'standard default
> value' for
> that algorithm, and don't bother me."

And what if that 'standard default value' is randomly generated
(as in the case of an IV)?
Then the decryption would generate its own, and decryption would
fail, and users have no idea why and complain.

Also, we cannot impose any 'standard default values' for any algorithms
that the JCE does not support. Therefore, for any algorithm that JCE does
not support, you'll have an interoperability problem
between different providers who each define their own standard
default values in the absence of JCE-defined ones.

Jan

- Next message: rt3@webdesign.oxon.de: "IS YOUR COMPUTER READY FOR 2000?"
- Previous message: Frank Yellin: "RE: FCS coming up?"