Java, Secure Development and other IT related Thoughts

  • Getting involved

    More and more people start using JCrypTool. As you can imagine, we are extremely happy about that! And more and more people start providing feedback via the SourceForge thumbs up or thumbs down button. This is probably the easiest way to get in touch with us. And the comment field provides room for a short…

  • New XML Security Tools build

    I have released a new XML Security Tools build today. This release includes only some documentation updates which are available in the Eclipse wiki too (in the Documentation/ User Guide section).

  • JCrypTool running for Best RCP Application

    JCrypTool is running for the Best RCP Application with the Eclipse Technology Awards again. The finalists will be announced on March 1st, the winner on EclipseCon 2010.

  • Refreshed JCrypTool Release Candidate 1a

    We released a refreshed JCrypTool Release Candidate 1a for download today. This releases fixes the not working language switch via the preferences and the not working Algorithms view on Linux (other systems were not affected). The clean up of the internal package usage in the Algorithms view is a positive side affect of this bugfix.…

  • The first release candidate for JCrypTool is finally here

    JCrypTool 1.0.0 Release Candidate 1 is available for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. For the first time we released versions for 32bit and 64bit for all supported operating systems. Download the new release today!. This release does not contain any new features but does complete and enhance the features from previous milestone releases and…

  • New XML Security Tools build available

    A new XML Security Tools build is available. This new integration build on the official Web Tools download page contains a complete English online help for the whole plug-in as well as several UI enhancements and different bug fixes. The German tutorials are completely up to date too.

  • JCrypTool 1.0.0 Milestone 6 available

    JCrypTool 1.0.0 Milestone 6 is available for Linux, Mac and Windows systems on our download page. There are again plenty of changes and updates, see the JCrypTool 1.0.0 Milestone 6 – New and Noteworthy page for the new features. This is the last milestone release, JCrypTool is more or less feature complete. We are now…

  • New XML Security Tools release available

    A new XML Security Tools release is available for download. This release contains some minor UI enhancements in the XML Encryption Wizard which should make it easier to use. And I continued working on the documentation (a.k.a. online help) which now contains some parts of the XML Encryption Wizard too. As a reminder: all documentation…

  • Cross plug-in references in the Eclipse help

    Extending the Eclipse help is simply writing html pages. And linking between those pages is easy as long as the pages all reside in the same plug-in. Cross plug-in references (linking from plug-in A help page to plug-in B help page) requires just a little bit more information in the link: <a href="PLUGINS_ROOT/plug-in-id/path/page.html">My other plug-in</a>…

  • XML Signature and Canonical XML 2.0 drafts available

    The W3C has published two first drafts XML Signature Syntax and Processing and Canonical XML of the upcoming version 2.0. The new XML Signature version promises more simplicity and more performance. Chapter 10 lists the differences to the current version. In short: New namespace dsig2, Canonical XML 2.0 and a completely changed transformation model which…