CR 7149144 - rt.jar: missing sun.security.x509.X500Signer class

[Sean Mullan]

On 2/28/12 11:21 AM, Chris Hegarty wrote:
> [cc'ing security-dev at o.j.n, they may be able to suggest a suitable 
> alternative, supported, API to use].

I would recommend they implement the functionality entirely in the OpenDS
product. X500Signer is a very simple class and can be implemented using the
existing java.security.Signature and javax.security.auth.x500.X500Principal classes.

--Sean


> 
> -Chris.
> 
> On 02/28/12 04:22 PM, Seán Coffey wrote:
>> The issue would lie with the OpenDS team then. They need to update their
>> code and use supported JDK APIs.
>>
>> regards,
>> Sean.
>>
>> On 28/02/2012 16:10, Lindner, Bärbel wrote:
>>> sun.security.x509.x500Signer is used from OpenDS (our version is
>>> v2.2.0). That is one reason that OpenDS is not runnable with JRE7.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Baerbel
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Seán Coffey [mailto:sean.coffey at oracle.com]
>>> Sent: Dienstag, 28. Februar 2012 17:07
>>> To: Lindner, Bärbel
>>> Cc: jdk7u-dev at openjdk.java.net
>>> Subject: Re: CR 7149144 - rt.jar: missing sun.security.x509.X500Signer
>>> class
>>>
>>> See http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6876158
>>>
>>> sun.security.x509 package is JRE private and should not be used by 3rd
>>> party applications.
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Sean.
>>>
>>> On 28/02/2012 15:38, Lindner, Bärbel wrote:
>>>> Please readd class "sun.security.x509.X500Signer" in rt.jar. The
>>>> class was available in JRE 1.6 rt.jar.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Baerbel
>>>> --
>>>> Baerbel Lindner
>>>> Fujitsu Technology Solutions
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>