RFR: 8152084: Introduction of ssliop protocol to corbaloc

[Tomasz Adamski]

I'm proposing this extension from practical reasons as it would enable configuration of fully secured iiop invocations - the feature that was present in ORB implementation that we used previously (JacORB). ORB specification allows adding new corbaloc protocols if necessary: 

"This specification only defines use of iiop with corbaloc. New protocols can be added to corbaloc as required. Each new protocol must implement the <future_prot_addr> component of the URL and define described in corbaloc URL." ORB Architecture Specification v3.3, Part 2: CORBA Interoperability, 7.6.10.6

Regards,
Tomek


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Tomasz Adamski
Software Engineer
JBoss by Red Hat 

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Bateman" <Alan.Bateman at oracle.com>
> To: "Andrew Dinn" <adinn at redhat.com>, "Tomasz Adamski" <tadamski at redhat.com>, core-libs-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 4:02:30 PM
> Subject: Re: RFR: 8152084: Introduction of ssliop protocol to corbaloc
> 
> On 03/05/2016 14:29, Andrew Dinn wrote:
> >
> > On 19/04/16 18:58, Tomasz Adamski wrote:
> >> Hello All,
> >>
> >> I would like to propose an extension to corbaloc resolution - the
> >> ssliop protocol. IORs created from corbaloc url with ssliop protocol
> >> will contain SSL tagged component with indication that secured
> >> invocation is required. As a result, connection to the resolved
> >> object will have to be secured.
> >>
> >> I'm attaching a webrev of proposed enhancement:
> >> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~adinn/tomaszadamski/8152084/
> >>
> >> Regards, Tomek
> > Would someone care to comment on this enhancement which was proposed 2
> > weeks ago and has had no response? At the very least can someone confirm
> > whether this is the right list for such discussion?
> >
> There isn't a specific list for CORBA here so using core-libs-dev should
> be fine.
> 
> In general then CORBA is legacy so it somewhat surprising to look at
> rev'ing the API in the JDK now. I think it is >12 years since there has
> been any updates. Do you, or Tomek, have any references to the OMG specs
> for the proposal?
> 
> -Alan.
>