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BouncyCastle is an open source Java library which implements a dazzling array of cryptographic algorithms, and where possible, they have been made available via the standard JCA provider interface.In terms of JOSE algorithm support, BouncyCastle can handle all those that are not covered out-of-the-box in Java 7 and 8.How do you set up the BouncyCastle JCA provider in your application?First, add ..

The Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) provider included with J2SE 1.4.x does not support RSA encryption. Because the XML Encryption defined by WS-Security is typically based on RSA encryption, in order to use WS-Security to encrypt SOAP messages you must download and install a JCE provider that supports RSA encryption. If you are running the Application Server on version 1.5 of the Java SDK, the..

Subject to class loader constraints the Bouncy Castle Provider can be installed either dynamically or statically.Note: to make full use of the provider you *must* install the unlimited policy files in the JVM you are using - these can be downloaded from http://java.sun.com. Be careful if you are using Windows as the JDK install will normally install a JRE and a JDK in two separate places - gener..