Customizing the Provider Implementation

The SDK contains a JSSE Cryptographic Service Provider, or provider for short, IBMJSSE2. Providers are essentially packages that implement one or more engine classes for specific cryptographic algorithms. The JSSE engine classes are SSLContext, KeyManagerFactory, and TrustManagerFactory. For more information on providers and engine classes, see the Design Principles and Concepts sections of the Java™ Cryptography Architecture API Specification & Reference.

To be used, a provider must be registered, either statically or dynamically. You do not need to register the IBMJSSE2 provider because it is pre-registered. If you want to use other providers, read the following sections to see how to register them.