What is JCE Policy?

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

Can any one help me?

What is JCE Policy? how it works?

Regards,

Mangilal.

[former_member188883]

Hi,

Out of legal reasons, SAP does not deliver the so-called u201CJava Cryptography Extension (JCE) Jurisdiction Policyu201D files as part of the SAP JVM. Without these files the cryptography functionality inside the SAP JVM is blocked. Therefore typical usage scenarios requiring cryptography, e.g. communication via HTTPS or storage of information in Secure Storages will not work anymore.

The policy files provided by SAP will unlock the u201Cstrong but limited encryptionu201D, which limits most encryption algorithms to 128 bit key lengths. The policy files provided by Sun Microsystems will unlock the u201Cunlimited strength encryptionu201D, which allows for even stronger encryption via longer key lengths.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Deepak Kori

[Former Member]

Hello,

JCE policy file is used to utilize the cryptography functionality, for encryption support.

Please read the Notes thoroughly -

Note 1240081 - "Java Cryptography Extension Jurisdiction Policy" files

Note 1426759 - Downloading the JCE Policy Files from SUN or IBM

Thanks