Document installation and configuration of 256-bit libraries

> I think we should rename both algorithms to have the dash as they are 
> specified as such in JCE reference [2]. This will change lines 39 and 
> 40 to read: 

>     public static final String H_ALGORITHM_SHA1 = "SHA-1"; 
>     public static final String H_ALGORITHM_SHA256 = "SHA-256"; 

I saw that you made the change already, that's great. 

> I've tested this against a fresh JDK 1.5 and 1.6. Also, the build now 
> gets the green light on the build server :) [3] 

We should also test against JDK 1.4. 

> These changes should be cool with Bouncy Castle's JCE, as they seem 
> more lenient than Sun's implementation. We also won't need to include 
> JCE providers as a part of our distribution, so no need to worry about 
> the legal aspects of shipping crypto libs. 

Yes, that is a nice side effect. We should also document both 
procedures, installing the policy file or installing an alternate JCE 
library.

http://groups.google.com/group/openid4java/browse_thread/thread/
9503e06477e84a6/196c353973b92469?lnk=gst&rnum=1#196c353973b92469

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Johnny.B...@gmail.com on 19 May 2007 at 7:42

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