> On Dec 16, 2014, at 04:19, Matthew Hall <mh...@mhcomputing.net> wrote: > > It's really useful for things like bootstrapping keystores for symmetric keys.
For a program? It's super easy for a program to create an empty keystore. > > Many StackOverflows exist of people doing it manually to "work around" this > limitation. In fact, I searched for "create empty keystore" on stackoverflow and didn't notice such a requirement. --Max > > I've done it myself especially when working on an identity management > appliance. > > Matthew. > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 09:54:53AM +0800, Wang Weijun wrote: >> How is this useful? >> >> On the other hand, you can always import a cert and remove it to get an >> empty keystore. >> >> --Max >> >>> On Dec 15, 2014, at 04:24, Rich Midwinter <rich.midwin...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> I'd like to see a new switch added to keytool to initialise an empty >>> keystore, for which I've attached a first shot at a patch. >>> >>> Could someone point me in the right direction (a sponsor?) to see if this >>> can be included. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Rich >>> >>> <keytool.patch.txt> >>
