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Re: oracle 10g cryptography problem

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:01:43 -0700
Message-ID: <1183140026.677151@bubbleator.drizzle.com>


Vladimir M. Zakharychev wrote:
> On Jun 27, 7:21 am, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:

>> Pouria wrote:
>>> i understand the message, what i don't understand is why it can't find
>>> an RSA provider when i'm purposely supplying it with one (bouncy
>>> castle).
>>> secondly i need to use an asymmetric cryptographic algorithm:
>>> Obfuscation toolkit and DBMS_CRYPTO do not support these to the best
>>> of my knowledge (please correct me if i'm wrong).
>>> Pouria
>>> On Jun 26, 6:27 pm, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:
>>>> Pouria wrote:
>>>>> Cipher rsaCipher = Cipher.getInstance("RSA");
>>>>> tries to execute:
>>>>> java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException: Cannot find any provider
>>>>> supporting RSA
>>>> Which part of the message don't you understand?
>>>> And no version of Oracle named.
>>>> Put away the RSA and use the built-in tools. Obfuscation toolkit if
>>>> 9i and DBMS_CRYPTO if 10g.
>>>> --
>>>> Daniel A. Morgan
>>>> University of Washington
>>>> damor..._at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
>>>> Puget Sound Oracle Users Groupwww.psoug.org
>> I may be incorrect on this but I believe AES is asymmetric.
>> --
>> Daniel A. Morgan
>> University of Washington
>> damor..._at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
>> Puget Sound Oracle Users Groupwww.psoug.org

>
> AES is symmetric.
>
> As of the OP's issue, note 369369.1 on MetaLink describes steps to add
> and load third-party providers to the Oracle VM. Also, the note states
> that there was a bug in 10.2.0.1 (bug #4475814) that prevented third-
> party providers from working inside the Oracle VM, which is fixed in
> 10.2.0.2. In 10.2.0.1, only SunJce is supported. However, since SunJce
> supports RSA, I don't see an urgent need to load Bouncy Castle and go
> through the bouncing hassle of applying the patchset and then
> following the note 369369.1 to make it work... :)
>
> Regards,
> Vladimir M. Zakharychev
> N-Networks, makers of Dynamic PSP(tm)
> http://www.dynamicpsp.com
>

Thanks for the correction.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Fri Jun 29 2007 - 13:01:43 CDT

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