On Thu, 15 May 2025 04:26:30 GMT, Bradford Wetmore <wetm...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/java.base/share/classes/sun/security/ssl/SSLSessionImpl.java line 1682:
>> 
>>> 1680:                     // ...now the final expand.
>>> 1681:                     return (deriveKey ?
>>> 1682:                             
>>> hkdf.deriveKey("TlsExporterKeyingMaterial",
>> 
>> Using a registered algorithm will make this method work, but I'm not sure if 
>> the resulting key can be used further. Do you know any typical use cases for 
>> the EKM?
>
> From a previous comment:
> 
> IIUC, the exported keying material can be used for any purpose or algorithm, 
> so we really can't make an good educated guess what it might be.  They could 
> be Keys (Ciphers), byte array/value challenges, or even just data that will 
> be signed.  This is just doing a quick read of some of the IANA definitions 
> which link to some of the known use cases:
> 
>     
> https://www.iana.org/assignments/tls-parameters/tls-parameters.xhtml#exporter-labels

Personally, I would like to give user the chance to specify the algorithm 
themselves. A "TlsExporterKeyingMaterial" key will not be accepted by an AES 
cipher. If you are not ready for this, I'd rather only provide the 
`exportKeyingMaterialData` method now.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24976#discussion_r2091851924

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