Details
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Type:
CSR
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Status: Closed
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Priority:
P3
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Resolution: Approved
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Fix Version/s: 14
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Component/s: tools
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Labels:None
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Subcomponent:
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Compatibility Kind:behavioral
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Compatibility Risk:minimal
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Compatibility Risk Description:This is just for information to help verify the class file is as expected.
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Interface Kind:Other
Description
Summary
Change the message digest algorithm from MD5 to SHA-256
Problem
javap includes an MD5 checksum in its verbose output. This should be updated to use a more modern algorithm.
Solution
Change the algorithm to use SHA-256.
Specification
The man page is updated to refer to SHA-256.
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
: Prints internal type signatures.
`-sysinfo`
-: Shows system information (path, size, date, MD5 hash) of the class being
+: Shows system information (path, size, date, SHA-256 hash) of the class being processed.
`-constants`Attachments
Issue Links
- csr of
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JDK-8225748 Use SHA-256 for javap classfile checksum
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- Resolved
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- relates to
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JDK-8226278 add ability to specify checksum for javap
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- New
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