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## Uses of Interface
java.security.Key

Packages that use Key
java.security | Provides the classes and interfaces for the security framework.
java.security.interfaces | Provides interfaces for generating RSA (Rivest, Shamir and Adleman AsymmetricCipher algorithm) keys as defined in the RSA Laboratory Technical Note PKCS#1, and DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm) keys as defined in NIST's FIPS-186.
javax.crypto | Provides the classes and interfaces for cryptographic operations.
javax.crypto.interfaces | Provides interfaces for Diffie-Hellman keys as defined in RSA Laboratories' PKCS #3.
javax.crypto.spec | Provides classes and interfaces for key specifications and algorithm parameter specifications.
javax.security.auth.kerberos | This package contains utility classes related to the Kerberos network authentication protocol.

Uses of Key in java.security

Subinterfaces of Key in java.security
`interface` | `PrivateKey` A private key.
`interface` | `PublicKey` A public key.

Uses of Key in java.security.interfaces

Subinterfaces of Key in java.security.interfaces
`interface` | `DSAPrivateKey` The standard interface to a DSA private key.
`interface` | `DSAPublicKey` The interface to a DSA public key.
`interface` | `RSAMultiPrimePrivateCrtKey` The interface to an RSA multi-prime private key, as defined in the PKCS#1 v2.1, using the Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT) information values.
`interface` | `RSAPrivateCrtKey` The interface to an RSA private key, as defined in the PKCS#1 standard, using the Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT) information values.
`interface` | `RSAPrivateKey` The interface to an RSA private key.
`interface` | `RSAPublicKey` The interface to an RSA public key.

Uses of Key in javax.crypto

Subinterfaces of Key in javax.crypto
`interface` | `SecretKey` A secret (symmetric) key.

Uses of Key in javax.crypto.interfaces

Subinterfaces of Key in javax.crypto.interfaces
`interface` | `DHPrivateKey` The interface to a Diffie-Hellman private key.
`interface` | `DHPublicKey` The interface to a Diffie-Hellman public key.
`interface` | `PBEKey` The interface to a PBE key.

Uses of Key in javax.crypto.spec

Classes in javax.crypto.spec that implement Key
`class` | `SecretKeySpec` This class specifies a secret key in a provider-independent fashion.

Uses of Key in javax.security.auth.kerberos

Classes in javax.security.auth.kerberos that implement Key
`class` | `KerberosKey` This class encapsulates a long term secret key for a Kerberos principal.

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