Treffer: A Java API for Using a Native PGP Implementation
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A Java API for Using a Native PGP Implementation
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This paper describes a Java API that provides the possibility of accessing a native implementation of PGP. The interaction between C and Java is based on the Java Native Interface (JNI) which has been included in the Java Development Kit (JDK) since version 1.1. The implementation allows to use available PGP implementations in C and, therefore, provides significant performance and security benefits. The paper describes the implementation and compares its performance with another approach based on invoking shell scripts.