在 Nov 1, 2012,10:49 PM,Bruce Rich <br...@us.ibm.com> 写道:

> Max, 
> 
> There is already substantial usage of JCEKS to store secret keys.  And that 
> has been operational since Java 5.   
> So I'm not sure what question you are asking.  One might have asked whether 
> the multi-format keystore would also accommodate JCEKS.   

Yes this is what I'm thinking about. If we are about to retire JKS, why not 
cover JCEKS as well?

> If that was your question, I think it would increase the scope beyond what 
> can be accomplished in the near term, which is why the focus is on JKS, which 
> is the format used by cacerts, for example. 

I see.

Thanks
Max

> 
> Bruce A Rich
> brich at-sign us dot ibm dot com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From:        Weijun Wang <weijun.w...@oracle.com> 
> To:        security-dev@openjdk.java.net 
> Date:        10/31/2012 09:27 PM 
> Subject:        Re: Transitioning the default keystore format to PKCS#12 
> Sent by:        security-dev-boun...@openjdk.java.net 
> 
> 
> 
> A little off topic:
> 
> Do we still care about the JCEKS storetype? Maybe no one stores secret 
> keys in a keystore?
> 
> Thanks
> Max
> 
> 
> On 11/01/2012 12:55 AM, Vincent Ryan wrote:
> >
> > Before considering migrating the platform default keystore format to PKCS12 
> > its keystore implementation
> > must at least match the functionality of JKS.
> >
> > I have developed a prototype of a multi-format keystore that understands 
> > both JKS and PKCS12
> > formats - it checks for the JKS magic number to determine the format. By 
> > supporting both formats,
> > existing applications that access keystores using the platform default 
> > keystore format, continue to
> > function as expected.
> >
> > In addition, storing trusted certs in PKCS12 is now supported. I've 
> > selected the X.509
> > extendedKeyUsage attribute to explicitly denote that a certificate is 
> > trusted - its default value is
> > trusted-for-any-purpose. This well-known attribute is stored with the 
> > certificate in a PKCS12
> > certBag.
> >
> > Webrev:
> >    http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~vinnie/jdk8-multi/webrev/
> >
> > Please send me any comments.
> > Thanks.
> >
> 
> 

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