Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 11:03:29 -0800
Message-Id: <199702131903.LAA00734@puffin.eng.sun.com>
From: Marianne Mueller <mrm@Eng>
To: kmuniasamy@openhorizon.com
Subject: Re: Signature feature in jdk 1.1 beta3
There are some bugs in JDK 1.1 beta3. We are going to release the
final version of JDK 1.1 next week, so in the meantime, use JDK 1.1
beta2, and then next week, be sure to get the final version.
The Java Cryptographic Extension package, an add-on package to JDK
1.1, will be a US-only release for the encryption API. (I believe
OpenHorizon has a copy of the JCE APIs to review.) The Sun provider
implementation of the JCE has an implementation of DES. We haven't
announced a release date for this package; alpha version roughly in
the spring 97 timeframe. Note that this is a Java implementation of
DES under the JCE APIs.
> X-Sender: kanda@nitro.openhorizon.com
> Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 10:43:09 -0800
> From: Kandasamy Muniasamy <kmuniasamy@openhorizon.com>
> Cc: jmoreh@openhorizon.com
>
> Marianne,
>
> I moved to jdk 1.1 beta3 from beta2. My programs using DSA signatures do not
> work any more.
>
> I get the following error when calling Signature.getSignature("DSA"):
>
> D:\java\test>java SignFile ohbroker.prv SignFile.class
> Private Key: java.security.PrivateKey@16262d
> java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: java.math.BigInteger: method <init>(Ljava/lang/Stri
> ng;I)V not found
> at
> at java.security.Security.getSignatureImpl(Security.java:470)
> at java.security.Security.getSignatureImpl(Security.java:426)
> at java.security.Signature.getSignature(Signature.java:201)
> at SignFile.main(SignFile.java:28)
>
> You said that this was n't a problem on Solaris. I am using jdk 1.1 b3 on
> Win NT.I have also attached a small piece of code to reproduce it. The
> program needs a private key file and any other file to sign.
>
> Also, I would like to know when DES is likely to be in JDK 1.1 and your
> plans for jdk 1.1 GA.
>
> Thanks.
> kandasamy
>