Appendix B: The "IBMCertPath" Provider

The "IBMCertPath" provider, which is supplied with IBM SDK has been enhanced for version 1.4 to support the following standard algorithms, types, and encodings:

• CertificateFactory: X.509 CertPath type with PKCS7 and PkiPath encodings
• CertPathValidator: PKIX algorithm
• CertPathBuilder: PKIX algorithm
• CertStore: LDAP and Collection CertStore types

Each of these service provider interface implementations is discussed in more detail in the following sections.