"PKCS11" no longer supported for KeyStore

[Weijun Wang]

What platform and openjdk release (or build) are you using? What kind of security providers are specified? When you say "regression", is it a regression of an earlier build of openjdk?

If I understand correctly, a PKCS #11 security provider is needed to use PKCS11-based keystores. Currently, only JDK on Solaris includes out-of-box PKCS11 provider. For all other platforms, you need to supply your own.

Thanks
Max

On Jul 18, 2010, at 2:30 PM, Jon Strauss wrote:

> Some time ago I came across a regression beginning after the sun-jdk 1.6.13 release. This regression continues into openjdk. The issue at hand is a single line found in the current SunPKCS#11 documentation:
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> KeyStore ks = KeyStore.getInstance("PKCS11");
> KeyStore ks = KeyStore.getInstance("PKCS11");
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> We have experienced a failure on this line under the current release of ubuntu and windows 7 running openjdk. SunJDK 1.6.13 performs as expected.
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> -Sushi
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