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Cryptix Development Team

Introduction

Included in the Compiled Classes distribution is:

• the IJCE and providers packaged in JARs
• test programs within the JARs
• useful scripts to get it going
• this release readme, the main readme and the FAQ etc.
• doco in guide

Installation

For this Compiled Classes also do the following:

1. Do not unJAR the archives (*.jar) within the classes directory.

Testing

This distribution was tested at make time, and the actions were recorded into platform scripts in the auto directory (see auto/testjar*).

No JARs failed their tests.

In order to repeat the distribution tests, do for Unix:

    ../auto/testjar.sh

    ; Note, this batch is untested - and written by a non-DOS person :-)
    ..\auto\testjar

If any of the above listed working tests fail, please send a bug report. Note that the automatic release script produces a list of working tests; non-working tests are commented out. The latter should not be present, as non-working code is dropped from formal releases.

New in Release 3.1.2

This release - 3.1.2 - is mostly a bug fix release after an extended period of time. It may very well be the last release in the Cryptix 3 line, as the next generation will substantially change distribution patterns.

Changes include:

Java 2 (JDK 1.2) compatibility. No JCE 1.2 as yet, that will be released under a different stream.
• SHA-1 incompatibility bug is fixed (hopefully). MD5, SHA-1, SHA-0 update() bug should be fixed.
• RC4 static variable bug is fixed.
• Cryptix 2.2 compatibility with RSA is now added. It should not be used except by legacy code, like PGP 2.6 below.
• PGP 2.6 (not OpenPGP) has been added. There is only a nominal test that suits distribution.
• Testing now is more deterministic, as tests return 10 on success. This derives from the JVM's viewpoint that an uncaught exception is a successful result. New support classes are also added to the test cycle.
• Building: Old scripts in util cleaned up, and new scripts added.
• There is now an example manifest file util/man/webfunds.man which builds a complete single jar, taken from the WebFunds project.

These features were included in the previous release:

• Tools in cryptix/tools: Scar and UnixCrypt.
• HMACs for all message digests.
• Cryptix 2.2 compatibility with message digests, modes, ciphers.
• Supported Algorithms.
• Bugs fixed: RSA ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, Triple DES compatibility.

What's *not* here

• compatibility with JCE 1.2
• ElGamal encryption is incomplete (the tests are disabled), and whilst ElGamal signing is working and has a test, it is not really audited. You should use DSA in preference, which is faster and more reliable.
• IJCE:
  • test devoted to IJCE that can run independant of Cryptix (java.security.IJCE_test or some Sun standard name?)
• testing:
  • Some of the Test* programs do not correctly exit, so failures are not detected.
  • util/testjar.sh produces guess-code W95/NT batch scripts in auto/testjar.bat. This is reported to work, but is not reliable.
• Native libraries are not currently included.
• OpenPGP is not here at all
• Cryptix has only been compiled and run with Sun-sourced compilers and JVMs.
• Javadoc is distributed without images.

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Bug Reports

Please include

• the Cryptix version number: 3.1.2,
• the type of distribution: bin,
• your JDK version / supplier,
• the platform

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Copyright and License

This release of Cryptix is covered by the Cryptix General License .