Last question... I fixed the problem. The last issue was also my fault. I had changed the algorithm to DES when I was troubleshooting and for some reason it doesn't like algorithms under 128 bit. But I don't know why it didn't work previously.
Why couldn't it find the provider at number 6? I'm new to java encryption so I'll figure out how why it didn't like DES vice triple DES. I just don't know why the providers didn't cascade. Thanks for the assistance. kevin
