Java, Crypto and Speed

[Peter Wayner]

Has anyone experimented with writing crypto code in Java using the 
BigInteger class? It's a nice package with plenty of neat functions, 
but I haven't played with it yet. Is it fast enough? I'm really 
curious about the speed.

-Peter
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