JDK-8165103 : Update to "denyAfter constraint check" exception message
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: security-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.security
  • Affected Version: 9
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2016-08-30
  • Updated: 2017-03-20
  • Resolved: 2016-10-10
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8u152Fixed 9 b140Fixed
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-8156062 - Test Task: Develop new tests for JEP 288: Disable SHA-1 Certificates
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JDK-8154005 - Add algorithm constraint that specifies the restriction date
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JDK-8149555 - JEP 288: Disable SHA-1 Certificates
Description
Current exception message is:

java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: denyAfter constraint check failed.  Constraint date: Thu, Dec 31 16:00:00 PST 2016; Cert date: Fri, Jul 1 00:00:00 PDT 2016

Looking at this, it is not clear what "Cert date" indicates. It is not certificate issue or expiry date. This is more confusing when we have this exception with signed jar.
Comments
Additional change was making the date format from "YYYY" to "yyyy". There are cases where "YYYY" return an unexpected year in the error message.
05-10-2016