RFR: 8298127: HSS/LMS Signature Verification [v8]

[Sean Mullan]

On Tue, 9 May 2023 14:26:46 GMT, Weijun Wang <weijun at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/java.base/share/classes/sun/security/provider/HSS.java line 661:
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>>> 659: 
>>> 660:         @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
>>> 661:         HSSPublicKey(byte[] keyArray) throws InvalidKeyException {
>> 
>> [I deleted my earlier comment]
>> 
>> I am wondering why you don't call `super()` or `decode()`  and override `parseKeyBits()` like other `X509Key` subclasses.
>> 
>> You should also override `writeReplace` so that serialization uses an alternate form when serializing.
>> 
>> It would probably be useful to override `toString()` as well. See other `X509Key` subclasses for more details.
>
> Yes, I also think with `writeReplace` you can make `L` and `lmsPublicKey` transient and there is no need to make `LMSPublicKey` serializable.

`L` should be `transient` too as @wangweij noted.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13691#discussion_r1191465361