Hi All

Please review the following code change:

   http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~weijun/6948781/webrev.00/

> === *Evaluation* =============================================================
> The new parser in 6813340 is too loose in checking the footer, it simply 
> checks if the line starts with a "-".
> 
> It should:
> 
> 1. Check if header looks like "-----BEGIN (.*)-----"
> 2. Check if footer looks like "-----END (.*)-----"
> 3. Check if the two .* above are identical

Thanks
Max

On May 4, 2010, at 9:42 AM, [email protected] wrote:

> *Change Request ID*: 6948781
> 
> *Synopsis*: CertificateFactory.generateCertificate doesn't throw 
> CertificateException for malformed certificate
> 
> === *Description* ============================================================
> The JCK test 
> api/java_security/cert/CertificateFactory/index.html#generate[CertificateFactory2013]
> passes to the method CertificateFactory.generateCertificate(InputStream) file 
> with two RFC 1421 certificates, first of them doesn't have trailing "-----END 
> CERTIFICATE-----". The CertificateFactory.generateCertificate parses first 
> certificate(without end-of-certificate marker) and fails with 
> CertificateException while parsing second certificate.
> 
> The spec for generateCertificate(InputStream) states:
> "If the data in the input stream does not contain an inherent 
> end-of-certificate marker (other than EOF) and there is trailing data after 
> the certificate is parsed, a CertificateException is thrown."
> Hence the method should throw CertificateException either in response on the 
> first certificate without  end-of-certificate marker or on the union of two 
> certificates which are not the valid certificate.
> 
> The JCK test mentioned above fails since b89, so it seems that the issue is 
> related to CR 6813340.
> The minimized test and file with certificates are attached to CR.

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