RFR: 8281658: Add a security category to the java -XshowSettings option [v8]

[Sean Mullan]

On Tue, 27 Jun 2023 15:06:45 GMT, Sean Coffey <coffeys at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> New functionality in the -XshowSettings menu to display relevant information about JDK security configuration
>
> Sean Coffey has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains 15 additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - Avoid sharing INDENT variables
>  - Merge branch 'master' into 8281658-showsettings-security
>  - Don't allow bad subcommand values for security component
>  - restore more informative help message
>  - Split long properties for ; also
>  - Pass PrintStream to security helper
>  - Refactor out security code to helper class
>  - Print aliases. Order Provider type/service output.
>  - Incorporate review comments from Roger and tweak some code
>  - Merge branch 'master' into 8281658-showsettings-security
>  - ... and 5 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/5cbc0d11...7e6f5090

src/java.base/share/classes/sun/launcher/SecuritySettings.java line 123:

> 121:         }
> 122: 
> 123:         ostream.println(INDENT + "Security TLS configuration:");

What about also noting the name of the TLS/JSSE provider in this line, for example:

"Security TLS configuration (SunJSSE provider):"

This would be useful information if a customer is using a 3rd party JSSE provider, and it is selected before SunJSSE, as the defaults in that case may be different.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14394#discussion_r1254491773