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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hello, in sun/security/provider/certpath/Builder.java we check a property
</span><span lang="en-DE">com.sun.security.enableAIAcaIssuers</span><span lang="EN-US"> to set AIA (</span><span lang="en-DE">Authority Information Access extension</span><span lang="EN-US">) support :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE"><a href="https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/71c5bbcec7052a8394dd49c0a8c46801adbfcae4/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/security/provider/certpath/Builder.java#L54">https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/71c5bbcec7052a8394dd49c0a8c46801adbfcae4/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/security/provider/certpath/Builder.java#L54</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE"> /**<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE"> * Flag indicating whether support for the caIssuers field of the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE"> * Authority Information Access extension shall be enabled. Currently<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE"> * disabled by default for compatibility reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE"> */<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE"> static final boolean USE_AIA = GetBooleanAction<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE"> .privilegedGetProperty("com.sun.security.enableAIAcaIssuers");<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">By the default, the AIA support is disabled (but can be enabled by the property above) .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Are there some plans/thoughts to enable it by default in the future ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">(and what are the stated </span><span lang="en-DE">compatibility reasons</span><span lang="EN-US"> that were mentioned manye years ago when the comment was written?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Are they still as valid today as before ?)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards, Matthias<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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