How will the problems of patented encryption algorithms and legal export limitations be resolved?
These forbid standard implementation of things like SSL as part of Java. MCGRAW: The export control problem is a political problem, not a technology problem. Java won’t be able to help resolve that problem much at all. Write your congressperson and let them know how silly our current crypto laws are! Note that the use of 128-bit SSL is being hampered by these laws, as is the use of RSA. The intellectual property issue doesn’t apply to SSL, but it does to RSA. The patent protection on RSA goes away very soon in any case. Some people think that everyone should give away all software-related intellectual property for free. I disagree. In any case, Java security is much more than cryptography. In fact, the main reason that the cryptography packages exist at all is to support JDK 1.1 and Java 2 code signing. Cryptography is an excellent tool to use to create a secure system, but it is not an end in itself. ADVISOR: What are the implications of using distributed objects over the Internet? Ar
