On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 02:44:19 GMT, Valerie Peng <valer...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> Existing legacy mechanism check disables mechanism(s) when the support is 
> partial, e.g. supports decryption but not encryption, or supports 
> verification but not signing. Some mechanisms can be used for both 
> encryption/decryption and sign/verify such as RSA related ones. If the 
> particular mechanism supports sign/verify/decryption but not encryption, it'd 
> be disabled as a result. Fine tune the legacy mechanism check with the 
> service type, i.e. supports encryption for Cipher,  sign for Signature, so 
> the mechanism is disabled based on the service type.
> For completeness sake, I also added a PKCS11 provider configuration option to 
> control this check (default is true, disable mechanisms with partial support).

Is "disableLegacy" a standard PKCS11 attribute we are introducing support for? 
If so, I think a CSR is probably needed as it is kind of like a system property.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18387#issuecomment-2021313367

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