# Re: Raw DSA support

Eric Rescorla (ekr@rtfm.com)
Mon, 24 May 1999 10:18:56 -0700

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    Message-Id: <199905241718.KAA88316@romeo.rtfm.com>

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

    Subject: Re: Raw DSA support

    Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 10:18:56 -0700

    From: Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>

Thanks again for your quick response.
> Correct. The SUN provider does not make its "RawDSA" implementation
> accessible.
>
> However, since we make our source code available
> (http://java.sun.com/communitysource), it should be trivial
> for you to write your own provider that supports "RawDSA":
> just eliminate the SHA1 digest from sun.security.provider.DSA.
Unfortunately, I'm planning to freely distribute my
source code, and that's not going to work if people can't
access my provider.

And since the Community Source License prohibits me from
redistributing my modified provider, they won't be able
to get it from me. (Unless the process of getting 'express
written permission' is a lot easier than I would expect.)

Thanks,
-Ekr
[Eric Rescorla ekr@rtfm.com]

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