It's a part of @implNote, and I added it there to show this implementation is
compliant. I'm OK with removing it. Just like this:
diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/DrbgParameters.java
b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/DrbgParameters.java
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/DrbgParameters.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/DrbgParameters.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
*
* This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -225,10 +225,6 @@
* <p>
* Calling {@link SecureRandom#generateSeed(int)} will directly read
* from this system default entropy source.
- * <p>
- * This implementation has passed all tests included in the 20151104 version of
- * <a
href="http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cavp/documents/drbg/drbgtestvectors.zip";>
- * The DRBG Test Vectors</a>.
*
* @since 9
*/
Thanks
Max
> On Oct 25, 2018, at 1:54 AM, Sean Mullan <sean.mul...@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> IMHO, this is kind of an odd thing to include in the javadocs, the fact that
> it passed a bunch of tests. I'd be more inclined to simply remove this
> sentence and (maybe) instead include it in the JDK Providers Guide, but even
> then I am not sure it is really necessary.
>
> --Sean
>
> On 10/23/18 10:27 PM, Weijun Wang wrote:
>> I'd like to refine the patch a little to
>> *diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/DrbgParameters.java
>> b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/DrbgParameters.java*
>> *--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/DrbgParameters.java*
>> *+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/DrbgParameters.java*
>> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>> /*
>> - * Copyright (c) 2016, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
>> reserved.
>> + * Copyright (c) 2016, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
>> reserved.
>> * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
>> *
>> * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
>> @@ -226,9 +226,9 @@
>> * Calling {@link SecureRandom#generateSeed(int)} will directly read
>> * from this system default entropy source.
>> * <p>
>> - * This implementation has passed all tests included in the 20151104
>> version of
>> - * <a
>> href="http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cavp/documents/drbg/drbgtestvectors.zip";>
>> - * The DRBG Test Vectors</a>.
>> + * This implementation has passed the DRBG Test Vectors (published on
>> 2015-11-04) in
>> + * <a
>> href="https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/Cryptographic-Algorithm-Validation-Program/Random-Number-Generators";>
>> + * CAVP Testing: Random Number Generators</a>.
>> *
>> * @since 9
>> */
>> While "Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program" is the main title shown
>> on the page, it looks like the secondary header "CAVP Testing: Random Number
>> Generators" is more precise and matches the URL. I also change the test
>> vectors name to "DRBG Test Vectors" because the section could contain more
>> links to other RNG test vectors.
>> Sorry for the quick update.
>> Thanks
>> Max
>>> On Oct 24, 2018, at 10:18 AM, Weijun Wang <weijun.w...@oracle.com
>>> <mailto:weijun.w...@oracle.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Please take a review at the fix below:
>>>
>>> diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/DrbgParameters.java
>>> b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/DrbgParameters.java
>>> --- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/DrbgParameters.java
>>> +++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/DrbgParameters.java
>>> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>>> /*
>>> - * Copyright (c) 2016, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
>>> reserved.
>>> + * Copyright (c) 2016, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
>>> reserved.
>>> * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
>>> *
>>> * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
>>> @@ -226,9 +226,9 @@
>>> * Calling {@link SecureRandom#generateSeed(int)} will directly read
>>> * from this system default entropy source.
>>> * <p>
>>> - * This implementation has passed all tests included in the 20151104
>>> version of
>>> - * <a
>>> href="http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cavp/documents/drbg/drbgtestvectors.zip";>
>>> - * The DRBG Test Vectors</a>.
>>> + * This implementation has passed the test vectors (published on
>>> 2015-11-04) in
>>> + * <a
>>> href="https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/Cryptographic-Algorithm-Validation-Program/Random-Number-Generators";>
>>> + * Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program</a>.
>>> *
>>> * @since 9
>>> */
>>>
>>> Note that the link does not point to a zip file now. It might be a little
>>> rude to link to a 13MB zip file, and a description page is better. The page
>>> is quite concise and has a section named "Test Vectors" containing the link
>>> to the zip file. The zip file has actually no version info but the content
>>> shows the data was generated on 2015-11-04. I'd like to keep the date info
>>> in case the test vectors are updated some day.
>>>
>>> BTW, the zip file itself is exactly the same as before so there is no need
>>> to re-test.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Max
