On Fri, 4 Mar 2022 09:37:21 GMT, Michael McMahon <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Could I get the following change reviewed please, which is to disable the MD5
> message digest algorithm by default in the HTTP Digest authentication
> mechanism? The algorithm can be opted into by setting a new system property
> "http.auth.digest.reEnabledAlgs" to include the value MD5. The change also
> updates the Digest authentication implementation to use some of the more
> secure features defined in RFC7616, such as username hashing and additional
> digest algorithms like SHA256 and SHA512-256.
>
> - Michael
src/java.base/share/classes/sun/net/www/protocol/http/DigestAuthentication.java
line 514:
> 512: if (getAuthType() == AuthCacheValue.Type.Server &&
> 513: getProtocolScheme().equals("https")) {
> 514: // HTTPS server authentication can use any algorithm
A more security conscious user may want to disable MD5 digest authentication,
even when used over HTTPS, even though the risks are far less than when used
over HTTP. Is there a way to do that?
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7688
