[jdk17u-dev] RFR: Merge jdk17u:master

[Goetz Lindenmaier]

Merge build tag 17.0.17-ga from jdk17u to jdk17u-dev

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Commit messages:
 - Merge
 - 8369641: [17u] Remove designator DEFAULT_PROMOTED_VERSION_PRE=ea for release 17.0.17
 - 8360937: Enhance certificate handling
 - 8356294: Enhance Path Factories
 - 8352637: Enhance bytecode verification

The merge commit only contains trivial merges, so no merge-specific webrevs have been generated.

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/4082/files
  Stats: 239 lines in 14 files changed: 190 ins; 9 del; 40 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/4082.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev.git pull/4082/head:pull/4082

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/4082