<s>
IAIK-JCE	B-Language
is	O
a	O
Java-based	O
Cryptographic	O
Service	O
Provider	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
being	O
developed	O
at	O
the	O
Institute	O
for	O
Applied	O
Information	O
Processing	O
and	O
Communications	O
(	O
IAIK	O
)	O
at	O
the	O
Graz	O
University	O
of	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offers	O
support	O
for	O
many	O
commonly	O
used	O
cryptographic	O
algorithms	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
hash	B-Error_Name
functions	I-Error_Name
,	O
message	B-Algorithm
authentication	I-Algorithm
codes	I-Algorithm
,	O
symmetric	B-Algorithm
,	O
asymmetric	B-Application
,	O
stream	B-Algorithm
and	O
block	O
encryption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
development	O
started	O
in	O
1996	O
and	O
as	O
such	O
IAIK-JCE	B-Language
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Java-based	O
cryptography	O
providers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
entirely	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
design	O
principles	O
as	O
Oracle	B-Application
's	O
JCA/JCE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
to	O
a	O
commercial	O
license	O
,	O
IAIK-JCE	B-Language
can	O
also	O
be	O
obtained	O
freely	O
for	O
academic	O
purposes	O
,	O
evaluation	O
and	O
open-source	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
