RFR JDK-8206925,,Support the certificate_authorities extension
Sean Mullan
sean.mullan at oracle.com
Tue May 12 19:40:03 UTC 2020
On 5/5/20 2:29 PM, Xuelei Fan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Could I get the following update reviewed?
>
> RFE: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8206925
> CSR: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8244441
We have previously used the syntax "enable[Extension]" when naming
system properties that enable optional extensions. Thus, it seems this
name would be more consistent:
"jdk.tls.client.enableCertificateAuthoritiesExtension"
However, it is a bit long, so maybe we could abbreviate it to CA:
"jdk.tls.client.enableCAExtension"
Also, it is a bit unfortunate that we have to have a system property to
enable it. Can we not enable it based on whether the configured
X509TrustManager.getAcceptedIssuers returns a non-empty list?
> Release-note: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8244460
> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~xuelei/8206925/webrev.00/
* src/java.base/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/CertificateRequest.java
Missing copyright update.
* src/java.base/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/SSLExtension.java
748 // Switch on certificate_authorities extention in
ClientHello?
typo: s/extention/extension
Is the '?' at the end intentional or a typo?
*
src/java.base/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/CertificateAuthoritiesExtension.java
70 if (!authorities.contains(encodedPrincipal)) {
71 authorities.add(encodedPrincipal);
72 }
Is it really necessary to remove duplicates? Seems kind of expensive to
iterate over the list every single time for what should be a rare case.
108 X500Principal[] getAuthorities() {
Here you know the size of the array up front so you could avoid using a
List and populate the array directly.
* test/jdk/sun/security/ssl/X509KeyManager/CertificateAuthorities.java
The test doesn't seem to do much, other than make sure you can make a
connection if the extension is enabled. Can you test the scenario below
where you can show that the extension addresses the issue where the
certificate selected may not be the one the peer can accept?
--Sean
>
> The "certificate_authorities" extension is an optional extension
> introduced in TLS 1.3 and used to indicate the certificate authorities
> (CAs) which an endpoint supports and which SHOULD be used by the
> receiving endpoint to guide certificate selection.
>
> In TLS 1.2, this function is built in the CertificateRequest handshake
> massage.
>
> This function is supported in TLS 1.2 and prior versions. However, it is
> not implemented in the TLS 1.3 implementation. Without this function,
> the authentication certificate selected may be not the one the peer
> could accepted, when there are multiple certificates available.
>
> Thanks,
> Xuelei
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