On Wed, 11 May 2022 22:37:18 GMT, Jamil Nimeh <jni...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> This code change allows one entering "." at a distinguished name prompt to
>> skip a sub-component when running `keytool -genkeyapir`. Several new
>> resource strings are added.
>>
>> There is no detailed description in `keytool.html`, so I think there's no
>> need to update it.
>>
>> I'll file a CSR to describe the behavior change.
>>
>> Here is an example after this change:
>>
>> $ keytool -genkeypair -keystore ks -storepass changeit -alias b -keyalg EC
>> Enter the distinguished name. Enter a single dot (.) to leave the
>> sub-component empty.
>> What is your first and last name?
>> [Unknown]: .
>> What is the name of your organizational unit?
>> [Unknown]: .
>> What is the name of your organization?
>> [Unknown]: .
>> What is the name of your City or Locality?
>> [Unknown]: .
>> What is the name of your State or Province?
>> [Unknown]: .
>> What is the two-letter country code for this unit?
>> [Unknown]: .
>> At least one field must be provided. Enter again.
>> Enter the distinguished name. Enter a single dot (.) to leave the
>> sub-component empty.
>> What is your first and last name?
>> [EMPTY]: Duke
>> What is the name of your organizational unit?
>> [EMPTY]:
>> What is the name of your organization?
>> [EMPTY]:
>> What is the name of your City or Locality?
>> [EMPTY]:
>> What is the name of your State or Province?
>> [EMPTY]:
>> What is the two-letter country code for this unit?
>> [EMPTY]:
>> Is CN=Duke correct?
>> [no]: yes
>>
>> Generating 384 bit EC (secp384r1) key pair and self-signed certificate
>> (SHA384withECDSA) with a validity of 90 days
>> for: CN=Duke
>>
>> In the first round, "." is entered for all fields and keytool rejected it.
>> In the second round, CN is entered but the others are unchanged (just type
>> enter, because they are already entered previously). At the end, the name is
>> "CN=Duke".
>
> src/java.base/share/classes/sun/security/tools/keytool/Main.java line 3781:
>
>> 3779:
>> 3780: private static String dotToNull(String input) {
>> 3781: return ".".equals(input) ? null : input;
>
> Do we deal at all with leading/trailing whitespace (maybe more concerned
> about trailing whitespace than leading)? What happens if we get a ". "
> (trailing space)?
The user must be deliberately doing this. Let's respect their decision. :-)
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8667
