[7u80] Request for approval for CR 4963723: Implement SHA-224

[Rob McKenna]

Hi Andrew,

Sorry to be a pest, but given the scope of the change I'd feel more 
comfortable with an explicit codereview for the backport.

     -Rob

On 17/09/14 18:32, Andrew Hughes wrote:
> This is the first of three backports to 7u designed to retain SSL
> compatibility with servers implemented in other languages switching
> to larger key sizes (notably DH >=2048 in Apache 2.4.7 [0]).
>
> This patch is a per-requisite of the patch which brings NSA Suite B
> support to 7. It applies largely unchanged, bar the following:
>
> * Copyright header adjustment
> * Removal of change to java.security.spec.MGF1ParameterSpec to avoid
> introducing a new public variable. The SHA-224 variant is constructed
> directly in com.sun.crypto.provider.OAEPParameters instead.
> * A change to OAEPParameters is dropped as it was already incorporated
> in the backport of 7180907 & 8049480 (addition of SHA-224 to
> convertToStandardName)
>
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-4963723
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~andrew/jdk7u/4963723/webrev.01/
>
> [0] https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_ssl.html
>
> Ok to push?
>
> Thanks,