JDK-8177674 : Change JDK 6 jarsigner -tsadigestalg default to SHA-256
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: security-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.security
  • Affected Version: 6u141
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2017-03-27
  • Updated: 2017-10-03
  • Resolved: 2017-05-05
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JDK 6
6u161 b08Fixed
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-8179614 - Test for jarsigner on verifying jars that are signed and timestamped by other JDK releases
Relates :  
JDK-8145853 - Add support to jarsigner for specifying timestamp hash algorithm
Sub Tasks
JDK-8179951 :  
Release Note: Message digest algorithm for jarsigner -tsadigestalg option now defaults to SHA-256 - Closed
Description
The default digest algorithm for the -tsadigestalg option if not specified is SHA-1. It should be upgraded to SHA-256. This only affects JDK 6. The default for JDK 7 and up is SHA-256.