RFR: 8348967: Deprecate security permission classes for removal

[robert engels]

On Fri, 4 Apr 2025 12:42:36 GMT, Sean Mullan <mullan at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Please review this change to terminally deprecate the following security related permission classes: `java.security.AllPermission`, `java.security.UnresolvedPermission`, `javax.net.ssl.SSLPermission`, `javax.security.auth.AuthPermission`, `javax.security.auth.PrivateCredentialPermission`, `javax.security.auth.kerberos.DelegationPermission`, `javax.security.auth.kerberos.ServicePermission`, `com.sun.security.jgss.InquireSecContextPermission`. These classes were only useful in conjunction with the Security Manager, which is no longer supported.
> 
> The current API note in these classes was reused as the deprecation text. 
> 
> Release Note: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8353680

Sad day when the Java backwards compatibility promise is thrown out the window because a bunch of developers need work to do. Removing these classes does nothing towards the reduced api surface the goal of removing the SM had. I suspect these classes haven’t changed in 20 years.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24445#issuecomment-2778984443