JDK-8235666 : Release Note: Deprecated the Legacy Elliptic Curves for Removal
  • Type: Sub-task
  • Component: security-libs
  • Sub-Component: javax.crypto
  • Affected Version: 14
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Delivered
  • Submitted: 2019-12-10
  • Updated: 2020-04-27
  • Resolved: 2019-12-10
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JDK 14
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Description
The following named elliptic curves supported by the `SunEC` provider have been deprecated:

brainpoolP256r1, brainpoolP320r1, brainpoolP384r1, brainpoolP512r1, secp112r1, secp112r2, secp128r1, secp128r2, secp160k1, secp160r1, secp160r2, secp192k1, secp192r1, secp224k1, secp224r1, secp256k1, sect113r1, sect113r2, sect131r1, sect131r2, sect163k1, sect163r1, sect163r2, sect193r1, sect193r2, sect233k1, sect233r1, sect239k1, sect283k1, sect283r1, sect409k1, sect409r1, sect571k1, sect571r1, X9.62 c2tnb191v1, X9.62 c2tnb191v2, X9.62 c2tnb191v3, X9.62 c2tnb239v1, X9.62 c2tnb239v2, X9.62 c2tnb239v3, X9.62 c2tnb359v1, X9.62 c2tnb431r1, X9.62 prime192v2, X9.62 prime192v3, X9.62 prime239v1, X9.62 prime239v2, X9.62 prime239v3

The implementations of these curves are targeted to be removed in a subsequent JDK release. A small number of them may be replaced with a more modern implementation.