Code review request, 8030829 Add MD5 to jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms security property
Xuelei Fan
Xuelei.Fan at Oracle.COM
Mon Jan 6 03:08:15 UTC 2014
Hi,
Please review this update for JDK 9.
webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~xuelei/8030829/webrev.00/
Per the spec of RFC 6151, MD5 must not be used for digital signatures
where collision resistance is required. Adding MD5 to
jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms security property can prevent the usage
of MD5 as digital signature algorithm during X.509 certificate operations.
It is not necessary to stop using HMAC-MD5 per RFC 6151. TLS is making
use of HMAC-MD5. It is not necessary to stop HMAC-MD5 in JSSE at present.
With this update, there are compatibility issues with those applications
still using MD5 signed certificate. Please upgrade the weak certificate
ASAP.
Thanks,
Xuelei
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