Language independant public key

From: Sean (seancloutier_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/24/03 

Date: 24 Jun 2003 14:32:31 -0700

Hello,

Here's the problem (if anyone has any suggestions, please reply):

We've got two different machines. One is running Java, the other is
running a non-Java language, possibly Perl or Visual Basic or Cold
Fushion or C/C++. We need to be able to encrypt on the non-Java
machine and decrypt on the Java machine (or go the other way).

Here's what we DON'T want to do:
1. Call through JNI
2. Run a server that does encryption/decryption or use CORBA
3. Pay for a security provider (if we don't have to)

It appears as though the "public keys" that are generated by security
providers are specific to that provider. Are there any providers that
create/use language independant keys? Or are there some other
solutions that we're missing?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sean