JDK-8191031 : Remove several Symantec Root CAs
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: security-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.security
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2017-11-09
  • Updated: 2019-05-17
  • Resolved: 2018-05-31
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Description
Symantec has informed us that we should remove several roots from the JDK as they have 1024-bit keys and/or are no longer in use. The cacerts aliases are:  equifaxsecureglobalebusinessca1, equifaxsecureebusinessca1, 
verisignclass2g2ca, verisignclass1g3ca, verisignclass2g3ca, verisignclass1g2ca, and verisignclass1ca

See comments for more details.

We should also remove equifaxsecureca. See comment from 2018-05-30 for more details.
Comments
Fix Request: Backport to OpenJDK 8 will be resolved with push for JDK-8189131.
02-05-2019