[Cryptography] Looking for feedback on new Java crypto library

James Yonan james at openvpn.net
Wed Nov 13 14:44:29 EST 2013


On 13/11/2013 10:12, Steve Weis wrote:
> Hi Max. Keyczar runs above a Java crypto provider; it doesn't replace
> it. You can use Bouncy Castle as the underlying provider if you prefer.
> Keyczar does use the JCE by default, though.
>
> The goal is to abstract the Java crypto provider interface and use it
> safely by default, which us similar to James' JACS.

Right, JACS builds on top of JCE and Bouncy Castle.  For example, if you 
link with Bouncy Castle, JACS can make use of additional non-AES ciphers 
such as Twofish or Serpent.

James


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