You can specify an alternate provider when you create the database with the encryptionProvider=providerName attribute.
You must specify the full package and class name of the provider, and you must also add the libraries to the application's classpath.
-- using the the provider library bcprov-jdk15on-147.jar -- available from www.bouncycastle.org jdbc:derby:encryptedDB3;create=true;dataEncryption=true; bootPassword=clo760uds2caPe; encryptionProvider=org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.BouncyCastleProvider; encryptionAlgorithm=DES/CBC/NoPadding -- using a provider available from -- http://jce.iaik.tugraz.at/sic/Download jdbc:derby:encryptedDB3;create=true;dataEncryption=true; bootPassword=clo760uds2caPe; encryptionProvider=iaik.security.provider.IAIK; encryptionAlgorithm=DES/CBC/NoPadding