New switch suggestion for keytool

[Wang Weijun]

> On Dec 16, 2014, at 04:19, Matthew Hall <mhall at mhcomputing.net> wrote:
> 
> It's really useful for things like bootstrapping keystores for symmetric keys.

For a program? It's super easy for a program to create an empty keystore.

> 
> Many StackOverflows exist of people doing it manually to "work around" this 
> limitation.

In fact, I searched for "create empty keystore" on stackoverflow and didn't notice such a requirement.

--Max

> 
> I've done it myself especially when working on an identity management 
> appliance.
> 
> Matthew.
> 
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 09:54:53AM +0800, Wang Weijun wrote:
>> How is this useful?
>> 
>> On the other hand, you can always import a cert and remove it to get an empty keystore.
>> 
>> --Max
>> 
>>> On Dec 15, 2014, at 04:24, Rich Midwinter <rich.midwinter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi
>>> 
>>> I'd like to see a new switch added to keytool to initialise an empty keystore, for which I've attached a first shot at a patch.
>>> 
>>> Could someone point me in the right direction (a sponsor?) to see if this can be included.
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> Rich
>>> 
>>> <keytool.patch.txt>
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