The Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) is now a core part of Java SDK 1.4. Basically, it's a set of packages that provide a framework and implementations for encryption, key generation and agreement, ...

One proposal would restrict Java APIs to maintain the strong encapsulation that assures the integrity of code and data, while a second would introduce a Key Encapsulation Mechanism API. Code and data ...

Oracle Corp on Tuesday announced the release of Oracle Jipher, a Java Cryptographic Service Provider designed to enable secure deployments of Java applications in U.S. government and enterprise ...

Organizations using newer versions of Oracle’s Java framework woke up on Wednesday to a disquieting advisory: A critical vulnerability can make it easy for adversaries to forge TLS certificates and ...

Q: If I encrypt my .class files and use a custom classloader to load and decrypt them on the fly, will this prevent decompilation? A: The problem of preventing Java byte-code decompilation is almost ...