Take advantage of any hardware acceleration for cryptography

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In hopes that this doesn't have to rely on its own java crypto
implementation forever, maybe the com.trilead.ssh2.crypto library use the
javax.crypto API?

 http://code.google.com/android/reference/javax/crypto/package-summary.html

Unfortunately it doesn't look like any ciphers are provided out of the box
today (unless my quick perusal missed something) but they could be a common
add on for various apps to use in the future.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by gpsm...@gmail.com on 26 Sep 2008 at 11:08

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javax.crypto is just a bunch of abstract interfaces for creating crypto 
libraries.

Right now Trilead provides all the cryptography portions which makes our lives
easier. We can just track the upstream development as it happens.

If there is a way we can take advantage of hardware acceleration for crypto, 
then we
should use that. However, there is no information that suggests that this is 
possible
right now.

I'll keep this ticket open to track the issue in case something changes in the 
future.

Original comment by kenny@the-b.org on 23 Oct 2008 at 5:06

• Changed title: Take advantage of any hardware acceleration for cryptography
• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Component-Logic, Performance, Priority-Low, Type-Review
• Removed labels: Priority-Medium, Type-Defect