# Re: SSL

Sharon Liu (Sharon.Liu@Eng)
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 15:16:31 -0800 (PST)

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    Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 15:16:31 -0800 (PST)

    From: Sharon Liu <Sharon.Liu@Eng>

    Subject: Re: SSL

    To: java-security@java.Sun.COM, mengpei.hu@octel.com

Mengpei,

> Q1. If I choose not to use SSL, does that mean Java Security API
> KeyPairGenerator and Cipher are good enough to perform that task that I
> need ? Also, how do I get RSA public key algorithm ? Does it come with
> JDK ?

In case you want to use RSA algorithm, you should get the RSA JCE
provider from RSA and install it - it doesn't come with JDK/JCE.

Sharon

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> Hi,
>
> I am developing client-server Java software. There are only few data,
> send between client Applet and server Sevlet through internet, needed
> to be protected. How do I choose my data security mechanism ?
>
> Q1. If I choose not to use SSL, does that mean Java Security API
> KeyPairGenerator and Cipher are good enough to perform that task that I
> need ? Also, how do I get RSA public key algorithm ? Does it come with
> JDK ?
>
> Q2. If I choose to use SSL, all I need to do is obtaining an appropriate
> server certificate, install it, and configure my server appropriately.
> Information transferred between servlets and clients is automatically
> encrypted. But, what does "get server certificate" mean ? I have to ask
> client user use HTTPS instead of HTTP, but I don't want to encrypt all
> the network data. Is there any to configure that ?
>
> Thanks,
> Mengpei Hu
> Lucent Technologies
> 972 735-2257
>

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