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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Amit Pande <Am...@veritas.com.INVALID> on 2023/11/01 13:38:14 UTC
RE: [External] Re: Java 9+ and custom JCE/JSSE providers
Setting CLASSPATH worked perfectly!
Thank you so much Mark!
Thanks,
Amit
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From: Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>
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Subject: [External] Re: Java 9+ and custom JCE/JSSE providers
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On 31/10/2023 14:22, Amit Pande wrote:
> Hello,
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> I am in the process of updating https://github.com/amitlpande/tomcat-9-fips page for version later than Java 8.
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> Ran into an issue:
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> 1. Was looking the configure the additional bouncy castle providers in the Java install itself by:
> * Modifying the java.security file to add providers.
> * Place the jars in the Java'e lib/ext directory.
> 2. However, from Java 9+, the lib/ext directory is no longer present (https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/migrate/toc.htm#JSMIG-GUID-2C896CA8-927C-4381-A737-B1D81D964B7B)
> 3. The alternate I attempted was to place the additional provider jars in Tomcat's lib directory.
> 4. Create a java security properties file with:
> security.provider.1=org.bouncycastle.jcajce.provider.BouncyCastleFipsProvider
> security.provider.2=org.bouncycastle.jsse.provider.BouncyCastleJsseProvider fips:BCFIPS
> security.provider.3=sun.security.provider.Sun
> ssl.KeyManagerFactory.algorithm=PKIX
> ssl.TrustManagerFactory.algorithm=PKIX
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> 1. Launch Tomcat with JVM option -Djava.security.properties=file:/path/to/java_security_properties_file
> 2. However, I noticed that these BC providers weren't getting loaded.
You'll also need to add the JARS containing the providers to the class path so the JRE can load them. You should be able to do that (and set
java.security.properties) in setenv.sh|bat
Mark
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> I see a comment from Chris here -
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> 14m8xwI%3D&reserved=0 "I don't see any place in Tomcat to specify the
> JSSE provider. Perhaps we should expose that to the administrator in some way."
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> Not sure if it's relevant here.
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> But wanted to know if there is any way to configure Tomcat for Java 9+ with custom JSSE/JCE providers (with just config change) ? Maybe I missed something?
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> Also, FWIW, I was able get the FIPS configuration for Java 11, 17 with Tomcat 9, by registering a custom listener and adding providers there. Will soon update the https://github.com/amitlpande/tomcat-9-fips for detailed steps.
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> Thanks,
> Amit
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