> Vishal Mahajan wrote:
>> Maybe I'll put my question again in other words --
>>
>>What's the difference between "wrapping a key" and "encrypting
>>a
>> key" :-\ ?
>
> Key wrapping algorithms are especially designed to provide extra
> security for encrypting and decrypting keys, as
Vishal Mahajan wrote:
Axl Mattheus wrote:
Vishal,
There are different mechanisms used to encrypt/decrypt clear
text/cipher text to wrap/unwrap a key. If one wants to encrypt
something, one initializes the XMLCipher (javax.crypto.Cipher) to be
in ENCRYPT_MODE in order for it to perform the appr
Axl Mattheus wrote:
Vishal,
There are different mechanisms used to encrypt/decrypt clear
text/cipher text to wrap/unwrap a key. If one wants to encrypt
something, one initializes the XMLCipher (javax.crypto.Cipher) to be
in ENCRYPT_MODE in order for it to perform the appropriate
functionality
Vishal,
There are different mechanisms used to encrypt/decrypt clear text/cipher
text to wrap/unwrap a key. If one wants to encrypt something, one
initializes the XMLCipher (javax.crypto.Cipher) to be in ENCRYPT_MODE in
order for it to perform the appropriate functionality. Alternatively if
on
Vishal,
As far as i can figure out...WRAP_MODE is used for keys, ENCRYPT_MODE is used for the
data itself.
-- dims
--- Vishal Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> All,
>
> Can someone explain what's the difference between the following two ways
> of initializing the javax.crypto.Cipher class
