Java Security API’s
• There are four main API’s for security in Java:
- JCA
- JCE
- JSSE
- JAAS
• Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA) encapsulates the overall architecture of Java’s cryptography
concepts and algorithms.
- JCA includes both java.security and javax.crypto.
- The goal of JCA is to define and deal with simply the concepts.
- The actual implementations of cryptographic concepts are left to third party vendors known as
cryptographic providers.
• Java Cryptography Extensions (JCE) gives developers the ability to perform a number of cryptography
related tasks:
- Encrypt data
- Create and use message digests
- Key management
• Java Secure Socket Extensions (JSSE) allows developers to ability to communicate via SSL.
• Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) is sort of the opposite of Java platform security.
- Java 2 clients configure their policies to restrict or allow access to system resources.
- Developers use JAAS to restrict or allow clients access to application functionality.
• There are four main API’s for security in Java:
- JCA
- JCE
- JSSE
- JAAS
• Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA) encapsulates the overall architecture of Java’s cryptography
concepts and algorithms.
- JCA includes both java.security and javax.crypto.
- The goal of JCA is to define and deal with simply the concepts.
- The actual implementations of cryptographic concepts are left to third party vendors known as
cryptographic providers.
• Java Cryptography Extensions (JCE) gives developers the ability to perform a number of cryptography
related tasks:
- Encrypt data
- Create and use message digests
- Key management
• Java Secure Socket Extensions (JSSE) allows developers to ability to communicate via SSL.
• Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) is sort of the opposite of Java platform security.
- Java 2 clients configure their policies to restrict or allow access to system resources.
- Developers use JAAS to restrict or allow clients access to application functionality.
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