Java Cryptography Tutorial

The Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA) is a set of APIs to implement concepts of modern cryptography such as digital signatures, message digests, and certificates. This specification helps developers integrate security in their applications.

Audience

This tutorial has been prepared for beginners to make them understand the basics of JCA. All the examples are given using the Java programming language therefore, a basic idea on Java programming language is required.

Prerequisites

For this tutorial, it is assumed that the readers have a prior knowledge of Java programming language.