Re: Question about security in JXTA.

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I don't know what security requirements Steven has, but wouldn't
encrypted communications be provided by SecureUnicastPipes?

I'd be interested in knowing the security requirements and why, if
so, SecureUnicastPipes don't cover them.

Regards,
Alex

Mike [bondolo] Duigou wrote:
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>> I noticed that there is a security package for jxta at
>> http://security.jxta.org.  However it seems this project hasn't been
>> updated for over 2 years, so I assume it is no longer compatible with the
>> latest release of jxta.  
> 
> 
> That is correct. The security project was needed early in the JXTA
> project to provide important crypto functionality which was not
> available as part of Java. The needed functionality has since been added
> to Java so the security project is no longer needed. The project is
> retained so as not to break web links to the documents it contains.
> 
> I am making a program that needs to use encrypted
> 
>> communication.  My question is "is there an updated version of the jxta
>> security package, if there is where do I find it?, and if not is it best
>> to use the classes from javax.crypto package?
> 
> 
> You should use the javax.crypto packages in conjunction with JXTA.
> 
>> Thanks in advance for any replies
>> Neil
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