Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!selfless.tophat.at!news.glorb.com!news-spur2.glorb.com!homer.glorb.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Steve Sobol Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: JDK 1.6.0_24 and AES256 ciphers Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:40:14 -0700 Organization: Glorb Internet Services, http://www.glorb.com Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <92a92dac-5459-496a-aaec-3a4de1d903fb@k6g2000yqc.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: xoAFiuXnRqdiUJrjkwExXQ.user.posting2.glorb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@glorb.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:40:21 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4 X-Notice: Scanned by Mr. Bill Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:5308 In article , Roedy Green says... > >but som ciphers are available but ciphers like AES.*256 without any > >success. > > The US government does not allow American corporations to export > software containing high security ciphers, even though the math is > published and this creates employment opportunities outside the USA, > e.g. for BouncyCastle. This puts US manufacturers at a disadvantage. I thought those restrictions were lifted long ago. -- Steve Sobol - Programming/WebDev/IT Support sjsobol@JustThe.net