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Jean-Baptiste Onofré updated AMQ-9431:
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Fix Version/s: 6.1.0
> Don’t add Bouncycastle as Security Provider when found on the Classpath
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> Key: AMQ-9431
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-9431
> Project: ActiveMQ Classic
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Broker
> Reporter: Stefan Ferstl
> Assignee: Jean-Baptiste Onofré
> Priority: Major
> Fix For: 6.1.0
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> When Bouncycastle (bcprov) is on the classpath, the class
> {{org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerService}} automatically adds Bouncycastle
> as security provider at the end of the JVM's provider chain without the
> ability to prevent it:
> https://github.com/apache/activemq/blob/main/activemq-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/BrokerService.java#L282
> .
> When ActiveMQ is embedded in an application, this is quite an invasive step
> and can lead to unexpected behavior if the application does not expect
> Bouncycastle as security provider.
> Looking at the commit history, this was introduced in May 2013 with AMQ-4520
> to address problems with the TLS implementation in JDK 7. The Jira issue
> references another issue in the activemq-apollo project where similar
> problems with JDK 7 are mentioned: APLO-287. Apollo fixed these problems by
> adding Bouncycastle at the second position in the provider chain. In AMQ-4520
> the same fix was introduced in {{{}BrokerService{}}}.
> In May 2016, the position of Bouncycastle in the provider chain was made
> configurable by a system property with AMQ-6247 due to side effects of the
> original fix. The default was still the second position.
> In January 2020 the default position was changed form 2 to the end of the
> provider chain with AMQ-7142.
> Since this feature was initially introduced to address problems in JDK 7 and
> was subsequently causing problems in the years after (hence the other two
> changes in 2016 and 2020) I suggest to remove this feature completely or to
> at least allow disabling it by setting a system property.
> I'll be happy to help with a PR if needed.
> This issue affects all versions since the introduction of this feature.
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