JDK Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v6.32, by Herong Yang
What Is Key Encoding?
This section describes private and public key encoding standards: PKCS#8 is used for encoding private keys and X.509 is used for encoding public keys.
What is Key Encoding? Key encoding is the process of converting encryption and decryption keys, or private and public keys, into a specific encoding format for storing them in files or transmitting them to remote systems.
As you can see from the previous chapter, JDK supports two commonly used key encoding standards:
To manage different key encoding standards, JDK offers a group of classes:
See next sections on how to use these key encoding classes.
Table of Contents
Date, Time and Calendar Classes
Date and Time Object and String Conversion
Number Object and Numeric String Conversion
Locales, Localization Methods and Resource Bundles
Calling and Importing Classes Defined in Unnamed Packages
HashSet, Vector, HashMap and Collection Classes
Character Set Encoding Classes and Methods
Encoding Conversion Programs for Encoded Text Files
Datagram Network Communication
DOM (Document Object Model) - API for XML Files
DTD (Document Type Definition) - XML Validation
XSD (XML Schema Definition) - XML Validation
XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language)
Message Digest Algorithm Implementations in JDK
Private key and Public Key Pair Generation
►PKCS#8/X.509 Private/Public Encoding Standards
PKCS#8 and X.509 Key Encoding Classes
java.security.KeyFactory - Reading Encoded Keys
JcaKeyFactoryTest.java - Key Factory Test Program
Reading DSA Private and Public Key Files
Reading RSA Private and Public Key Files
Digital Signature Algorithm and Sample Program
"keytool" Commands and "keystore" Files
KeyStore and Certificate Classes
Secret Key Generation and Management
Cipher - Encryption and Decryption
The SSL (Secure Socket Layer) Protocol
SSL Socket Communication Testing Programs