# Re: Question about JSSE

Maxine Erlund (Maxine.Erlund@Eng.Sun.COM)
Wed, 11 Aug 1999 20:59:48 -0700 (PDT)

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    Message-Id: <199908120359.UAA04700@shorter.eng.sun.com>

    Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 20:59:48 -0700 (PDT)

    From: Maxine Erlund <Maxine.Erlund@Eng.Sun.COM>

    Subject: Re: Question about JSSE

    To: java-security@Sun.COM, angjh@execpc.com

Jayme,

A version of JSSE approved for export out of the US and Canada is in the works.
Stay tuned.

Maxine

>From: "Jayme Edwards" <angjh@execpc.com>
>To: <java-security@Sun.COM>
>Subject: Question about JSSE
>Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 18:24:35 -0500
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>Java Security Folks,
>
>Please allow me to briefly comment about the Java Secure Socket Extension
>API. We are building several distributed TCP/IP applications with Windows
>NT on the server and Internet Explorer and/or Java (JDK 1.1) on the
>client(s) and could really use a standard SSL library for Java - there are
>other implementations out there but we're still waiting on you guys to come
>out with the standard extension, which JSSE looks to be as the first step in
>that direction and will help ease us forward into using the 1.2 JDK. I've
>seen the posts on Java security discussion pages - it seems EVERYONE is
>screaming for this capability. However, the inability to make the client
>software accessible to users outside of the US and Canada makes this
>solution unacceptable for worldwide software distribution and usage. You
>guys have done a great job with the 1.2 JDK so far - please continue this
>trend by considering the additional release of a stripped-down version of
>the JSSE with limits on the encryption algorithms that provide packages that
>are acceptable to export. Even if this package only provided the client
>connectability, it would solve the majority of the problem, which is the
>ability for servers in the US to securely make their business systems and
>information available to customers worldwide.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jayme Edwards
>Rockwell Software
>SoftLogix Extensions - http://www.softautomation.com/slx
>Microsoft MVP for Java/COM
>

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