Support for ECParameters with explicit (not named) parameter spec

[Adam Petcher]

On 12/6/2017 7:24 AM, Max Fichtelmann wrote:

> Hello,
>
> currently sun.security.util.ECParameters.engineInit(byte[]) is limited 
> to parse named curves. A commented block outlining parsing of explicit 
> parameters is included below throwing "only named ECParameters 
> supported". That comment block seems to be unchanged from at least 
> jdk6 up until jdk10.
>
> Is there any Plan to implement this at some time? Since I am needing 
> to implement it anyway, how could I provide that change?

I don't know of any plan to implement this feature. Modern RFCs only 
allow named curves here, so this feature doesn't seem to be very 
valuable. Can you share why you want to parse specified EC domain 
parameters? Sharing the motivation behind your enhancement may help you 
find a sponsor for it.

You can find the instructions for contributing here[1]. I suggest you 
discuss the change a bit more before spending any time preparing a 
patch. Also, make sure you sign the contributor agreement before sending 
any code.

[1] http://openjdk.java.net/contribute/

>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Max Fichtelmann
>
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