From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 10 07:44:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBB8C16A4BF for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 07:44:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mgr5.xmission.com (mgr5.xmission.com [198.60.22.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C832743FDD for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 07:44:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from mail by mgr5.xmission.com with spam-scanned (Exim 3.35 #1) id 19x6Cu-0001SE-05 for java@freebsd.org; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:44:32 -0600 Received: from [207.135.128.145] (helo=misty.eyesbeyond.com) by mgr5.xmission.com with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 19x6CV-0001Gi-05; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:44:08 -0600 Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (localhost.eyesbeyond.com [127.0.0.1]) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8AErgC5023566; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:53:42 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: (from glewis@localhost) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h8AErdJW023565; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:53:39 -0600 (MDT) X-Authentication-Warning: misty.eyesbeyond.com: glewis set sender to glewis@eyesbeyond.com using -f Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:53:38 -0600 From: Greg Lewis To: Panagiotis Astithas Message-ID: <20030910145338.GD23417@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <20030910131818.B78730@phantom.cris.net> <3F5F3246.8080206@netmode.ntua.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F5F3246.8080206@netmode.ntua.gr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-9.9 required=8.0 tests=BAYES_01,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MUTT,X_AUTH_WARNING version=2.55 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: java@freebsd.org cc: Alexey Zelkin Subject: Re: jdk14 patchset 4-pre1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 14:44:34 -0000 On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 05:16:38PM +0300, Panagiotis Astithas wrote: > since I will be making a test build of the 4-pre1 patchset, I will grab > the opportunity to ask about the Sun-provided SCSL security stuff. > > When I get to the page to download the sources, besides the usual > j2sdk-1_4_1-src-scsl.zip, I can download another file, called > j2sdk-sec-1_4_1-src-scsl.zip. The latter contains cryptographic code, > but I am puzzled about its purpose. For all I can say, this contains > source code for classes that are built with the port anyway, but perhaps > this other bundle has some benefits, such as stronger encryption? If > this is so, how could we include it in the build? The bundle contains > only java files, plus a Windows C file, that I believe we can ignore. > Also, will the final binary release of 1.4.1 contain these cryptography > extensions, or the current ones? As I understand it, these are the source files for the bundled crytographic JARs, in case you want to compile them yourself. I don't believe the source code provides anything the bundled versions don't. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org