[security-dev 00334]: Re: JCE/JSSE Plans for JDK 7?

[Vincent Ryan]

Hello Mike,

This functionality is being planned for the JDK7 release. The existing
java.security.cert.CertificateFactory class can easily be enhanced with
several new methods:

    o to create a certificate signing request
    o to parse a certificate signing request
    o to issue a new certificate

The features will be limited. There are no plans to define an API to
support a full CA.


Mike Duigou wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Where can I find a published description of the enhancements and
> extensions planned for JCE/JSSE in JDK 7?
> 
> To jump right to the point of my question: I'll be specifically looking
> for  extensions to allow all of the keytool functionality to be accessed
> through public APIs. This is specifically PKCS#1 certificate generation
> and PKCS#10 certificate signing requests. Neither of these are currently
> available in the JDK 6 API but are available through keytool.
> 
> Mike