One more: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8173018 (https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8076535) Deprecate the com.sun.jarsigner package
The `com.sun.jarsigner` package is being deprecated. This includes the `ContentSigner` class, the `ContentSignerParameters` interface, and the jarsigner command's "-altsigner" and "-altsignerpath" options.
Thanks Max On 01/19/2017 10:40 AM, Weijun Wang wrote:
Hi All Please review the following release notes. For each one, I've listed the JBS URL for the release-note task, the original bug (in parentheses), the synopsis, and the intended release note text: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8173011 (https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8029995) accept yes/no for boolean krb5.conf settings krb5.conf now accepts "yes" or "no" for boolean-valued settings. https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8173012 (https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8044085) Access ExtendedGSSContext.inquireSecContext() result through SASL The output of `ExtendedGSSContext.inquireSecContext()` is now available as negotiated properties for the SASL GSSAPI mechanism using the name "com.sun.security.jgss.inquiretype.<type_name>", where "type_name" is the string form of the `InquireType` enum parameter in lower case, for example, "com.sun.security.jgss.inquiretype.krb5_get_session_key_ex" for the session key of an established Kerberos 5 security context. https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8173014 (https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8047789) auth.login.LoginContext needs to be updated to work with modules After this change, besides including the necessary methods (`initialize`, `login`, `logout`, `commit`, `abort`), any login module must implement the `LoginModule` interface. Otherwise a `LoginException` will thrown when the login module is used. https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8173015 (https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8056174) New APIs for jar signing A new `jdk.security.jarsigner.JarSigner` API is added to the `jdk.jartool` module which can be used to sign a jar file. https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8173016 (https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8147400) Deprecate policytool The policytool is moved to the `jdk.policytool` and deprecated. https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8173017 (https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8157848) Deprecate the javax.security.auth.Policy API with forRemoval=true The `javax.security.auth.Policy` class has been deprecated since JDK 1.4 and superseded/replaced by java.security.Policy. It is now marked `forRemoval=true` and will be removed in a future release. Thanks Max
