Incorrect documentation

[Weijun Wang]

Thanks for the report. I've filed https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8236145.

--Max

> On Dec 18, 2019, at 7:43 AM, Jiva, Azeem <javajiva at amazon.com> wrote:
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> Security experts,
>   The official Java Security Standard Algorithm Names incorrectly documents the Signature.*withECDSAinP1363Format algorithms as
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> SEQUENCE ::= { r INTEGER, s INTEGER }
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> This is incorrect. The IEEE P1363 Format is defined as concatenating the r and s values (with no ASN.1 encoding, but with appropriate padding). The implementations appear correct. This just appears to be a documentation issue.  The documentation for Java 11, 12, and 13 would need to be updated.
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> I refer you to the Wikipedia page [2], item #7 that has the relevant information
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> Thank you.
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> [1]:  https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/12/docs/specs/security/standard-names.html#signature-algorithms
> [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_Curve_Digital_Signature_Algorithm#Signature_generation_algorithm