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JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 weeks agoYes. Until pretty recently Java didn’t contain unlimited strength encryption algorithms by default because of this/not getting around to updating
en.wikipedia.org/…/Java_Cryptography_Extension
bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-7024850?focusedId=119…
I’m not gonna dig deeper, but it seems like the actual policy change was as late as 2011 based on the comment, but they didn’t get around to changing it for another few years.