Use of OpenSSL as JCE security provider if available on system

[Darran Lofthouse]

FYI if anyone is interested in using OpenSSL through a Java security
Provider we have this project available within the WildFly project: -

https://github.com/wildfly/wildfly-openssl

On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 9:48 AM Steve Groeger <GROEGES at uk.ibm.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Not sure whether something on this subject has been raised before but I
> was unable to see anything in the mailing lists.
>
> We have been looking at adding support to Java to use the OpenSSL
> libraries as a JCE security provider if available on the system that a Java
> application is being run on (or to build and bundle the OpenSSL libraries
> with the JDK).
>
> If not found then the security drops back to using the built in security
> that is part of the existing JDK.
>
> The use of the OpenSSL libraries can be disabled entirely or specific
> algorithms can be disabled by use of command line options,
> i.e. Djdk.nativeCrypto=true | false  and  -Djdk.nativeDigest=true | false
>
> Would this be something that might be useful to be contributed to OpenJDK.
>
> Thanks
> Steve Groeger
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