----- Original Message ----- > On 3/14/12 9:08 AM, Andrew Hughes wrote: > > 1. java.security is altered to prioritise > > com.oracle.security.ucrypto.UcryptoProvider > > on Solaris builds. What does this mean for OpenJDK builds on > > Solaris that don't have > > this provider? > > Nothing, really. > > > Will the provider code simply ignore absent providers? > > Yes. The Providers are listed in preference order, if something can't > be found in one of them, > the search moves on to the next one, roughly speaking. For details, > see > http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/security/crypto/CryptoSpec.html#ProviderInstalling >
Good. > > 2. Was there a reason the testcases in this commit were locked > > down > > to only work with the proprietary ucrypto provider? Are they not > > suitable for all providers? > > They would be very useful for testing the SunPKCS11/NSS provider. > > That's a question better suited for the security-dev@openjdk list. > CCed. As I said, I would have posted here first, if there had been a public review of the patch to begin with. There wasn't. I noticed you don't seem to have commented on how this breaks the jdk7u guidelines. > cheers, > dalibor topic > -- > Oracle <http://www.oracle.com> > Dalibor Topic | Principal Product Manager > Phone: +494089091214 <tel:+494089091214> | Mobile: +491737185961 > <tel:+491737185961> > Oracle Java Platform Group > > ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG | Nagelsweg 55 | 20097 Hamburg > > ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG > Hauptverwaltung: Riesstr. 25, D-80992 München > Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 > Geschäftsführer: Jürgen Kunz > > Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. > Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande > Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697 > Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Astrid Kepper, Val Maher > > Green Oracle <http://www.oracle.com/commitment> Oracle is committed > to developing practices and products that help protect the > environment > -- Andrew :) Free Java Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) PGP Key: 248BDC07 (https://keys.indymedia.org/) Fingerprint = EC5A 1F5E C0AD 1D15 8F1F 8F91 3B96 A578 248B DC07
