Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:53:38 -0600 From: Greg Lewis <glewis@misty.eyesbeyond.com> To: Panagiotis Astithas <past@netmode.ntua.gr> Cc: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.org.ua> Subject: Re: jdk14 patchset 4-pre1 Message-ID: <20030910145338.GD23417@misty.eyesbeyond.com> In-Reply-To: <3F5F3246.8080206@netmode.ntua.gr> References: <20030910131818.B78730@phantom.cris.net> <3F5F3246.8080206@netmode.ntua.gr>
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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
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