Beginning Cryptography with Java While cryptography can still be a controversial topic in the programming community, Java has weathered that storm and provides a rich set of APIs that allows you, the developer, to effectively include cryptography in applications-if you know how. Chapters one through five cover the architecture of the PBE and JCA, symmetric and asymmetric key encryption in Java, message authentication codes, and how to create Java implementations with the API provided by the Bouncy Castle ASN.1 packages, all with lots of examples. What you will learn from this book How to understand and use the PBE, JCA, and JSSE for encryption and authentication The ways in which padding mechanisms work in a password and how to find and fix errors typical understanding of how the authentication mechanism implemented in Java and why The method they used to describe cryptographic objects with ASN.1 How to create certificate revocation lists and use the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) Real-world Web solutions using Bouncy Castle API Who this book is to This book is for Java developers who want to use cryptography in their applications or to understand how cryptography is being used in Java applications.