Java and PGP?

Leigh Dodds Java September 9, 2003 1 Minute

Hello Java people, can anyone recommend a decent open source PGP API for Java?
Basically I need something to help me implement signing and encrypting FOAF files from a Java application.
Recommendations most welcome. I’ll provide a summary of anything I find (either through your kind help gentle reader, or as a result of the almightly bashing I’m about to give Google).

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Published September 9, 2003

4 thoughts on “Java and PGP?”

Andrew says:

September 10, 2003 at 12:15 am

Cryptix have an OpenPGP implementation (though it’s still in an Alpha state).
http://www.cryptix.org/products/openpgp/index.html
Leigh Dodds says:

September 12, 2003 at 10:19 am

Hi Andrew, thanks for the pointer my own digging around (rough notes available here) didn’t find a great deal other than this implementation.
I’ll be taking a closer look at this over the next week or two.
Andy Johnson says:

November 14, 2003 at 2:41 am

Did you find one?
How about: http://www.cryptography.ch/uni/pgpjava/
Frank says:

January 17, 2004 at 7:55 pm

Look also at “http://www.bouncycastle.org/”
and at “http://www.linuxgazette.com/node/view/359”
(Doing PGP with Java and Bouncy Castle)!