Code review request: 7142888: sun/security/tools/jarsigner/ec.sh fail on sparc

[Vincent Ryan]

On 02/13/12 05:04 PM, Xuelei Fan wrote:
> On Feb 14, 2012, at 12:47 AM, Vincent Ryan <vincent.x.ryan at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
>> Please review the following change:
>>  http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~vinnie/7142888/webrev.00/
>>
>> for http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7142888
>>
>> Some implementations of the SHA512withECDSA signing algorithm require
>> that the signing/validation key is at least 512 bits.
>>
> If I am correct, RSA algorithms have such limitation, but for EC algorithms, there is no such require. Is it a intend design, or a bug of the implementation?
> 

It's not a bug. I believe it is a FIPS recommendation.


> Xuelei
> 
>> Thanks.