Version 2.0 of Multi-Platform Software Solution CERTivity KeyStores Manager Released by EduLib

EduLib, member of MuseGlobal Group, releases CERTivity 2.0, a major update which offers support for generating and managing Elliptic Curve (ECDSA and ECGOST) Keys, an innovative wizard for installing JCE Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files, full support for all standard certificate extensions and many other new features intended to increase usability and to provide a pleasant experience working with Cryptographic Keys Management, Public Key Infrastructure and Digital Signing.

Craiova, Romania, January 31, 2014 --(PR.com)-- EduLib, a privately held software development company from Craiova, Romania announces the release of the latest version of CERTivity KeyStores Manager – CERTivity 2.0, a major improvement version that provides many new useful features and also important updates and bug fixes.

"CERTivity 2.0 represents a major milestone for EduLib," said Mihai Popa, CEO at EduLib. "Our team has done a great job in taking CERTivity to the next level, closer to a complete solution for developers in the Public Key Infrastructure, Cryptographic Keys Management and Digital Signing domains."

CERTivity 2.0 features support for Elliptic Curve (EC) Algorithms in Key Pair generation. It supports both ECDSA and ECGOST3410 algorithms. For each algorithm it supports a set of defined parameters specification and signature algorithms. So, for ECDSA it supports a set of eighty parameters specification and five signature algorithms. Also, for ECGOST3410 it supports a set of five parameters specification and one signature algorithm.

Also, CERTivity 2.0 supports managing and using Elliptic Curve (ECDSA and ECGOST) Algorithms Key Pairs and Certificates. These can be used for signature, import, export and any other operations where RSA and DSA keys can be used, as long as the underlying standards support them. Management support for EC keys include: Select CA Issuer, Sign by CA Issuer, Generate CSR, Import CA Reply, Generate Key Pair Signed by CA Issuer, Regenerate Key Pair, Extend Validity, Convert KeyStore type, Append to certificate chain, export/import EC Key Pairs and parts of the Key Pair, Copy/Paste and other operations.

With the newest version of CERTivity, the process of installing the Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files is greatly improved, by offering an innovative and easy to use wizard within an integrated JavaFX browser.

"The usage of the Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files is under the import restrictions of some countries, so it is the user's responsibility to decide if (s)he is entitled to use them," said David Dascalescu, CTO at EduLib. "That is why we cannot ship them, but we allow the entitled users to get and deploy them with just few clicks from the official JDK web site."

The JCE Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files are required in order to remove default restrictions regarding the cryptographic algorithms and maximum cryptographic strengths available by default in the JCE framework. For example, the JCE Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files are required in order to support PKCS#12 / Uber KeyStore files that use passwords larger than 7 characters.

Another important improvement is the addition of full support for eleven new certificate extensions, thus covering all standard certificate extensions according to Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile - RFC 5280.

Like the previous versions of CERTivity, the latest version is built on top of the NetBeans platform, but using a newer version of NetBeans RPC, namely the RELEASE74. CERTivity 2.0 provides many new features and improvements which aim to reduce and simplify the work of the user.

To improve the user experience CERTivity 2.0 has added many other features such as Quick Search for application, Quick Search for an opened KeyStore, filter for the Options Panel, KeyStore related actions displayed in the context menu, when right-clicking on an empty area inside an opened KeyStore.

This version of CERTivity has also fixed some issues from version 1.2, such as correcting the management of the cut/copy/paste actions for PKCS#12 KeyStore type or Help window displaying under the main window on Mac OS X and other usability issues.

As done for the previous versions, for CERTivity 1.2 EduLib offers a trial period of 30 days to fully evaluate the new features of the new version even for users which have tried the previous versions.

The new features and updates offered by CERTivity 2.0 are available from EduLib at http://www.edulib.com/products/keystores-manager/.

About EduLib

EduLib, member of MuseGlobal Group, is a privately held software development company located in Craiova, Romania, offering high-quality, multi-platform software products that cover a wide area of customer needs, having a solid software expertise for more than 14 years. EduLib has established as main purpose to design and develop powerful and reliable software platforms, tools and utilities, targeted from administrators and software developers to Enterprise, Education and Library Information Discovery.
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