Re: [Cryptix-users] using a plain text private key to sign text (PGP)

[Jeroen \Slim\ v. G. <as...@gm...>]

On 8/28/06, Arsalan Zaidi <ars...@gm...> wrote:
> I've looked at the examples, but I can't figure out a way to use a plain
> text private key to sign some text.
>
> I can't use a keystore because the method I'm writing will receive the key
> and the text to be signed as Strings and return another String which is the
> signed text.
>
> Could someone point me in the right direction? I just need the Classes to
> use and I should be able to figure things out by my self.

Are KeySpec and SecretKeyFactory what you are looking for?

See:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/security/jce/JCERefGuide.html#SecretFactory