I think if we all really think we are better off in the long run not
having defaults, we probably want to do this over 2 releases and give an
advance warning that the change is coming. In JDK 12, we could emit a
warning, ex:
$ keytool -genkeypair ...
Warning: the default keypair alg (DSA) is a legacy algorithm and is no
longer recommended. In the next release of the JDK, defaults will be
removed and the -keyalg option must be specified.
(that's a bit wordy, but you get the idea)
--Sean
On 10/11/18 9:30 AM, Adam Petcher wrote:
On 10/10/2018 5:05 PM, Anthony Scarpino wrote:
On 10/10/2018 07:42 AM, Weijun Wang wrote:
If not DSA, should RSA be the new default? Or maybe RSASSA-PSS (I
wonder if RSASSA-PSS signature can always use legacy RSA keys) or EC?
We don't have an option to specify ECCurve in keytool yet (a string
-keysize).
--Max
I would rather get rid of the default completely.
+1
In addition to the usual problems with defaults, there is also the issue
that the user doesn't specify how the key pair can be used. The current
default produces a key that can only be used with signatures, but if we
change the default, then the key may also be used for encryption (RSA)
or key agreement (EC). I worry about the problems that can arise if we
change the default in a way that increases the capability of the key
pair that is produced.
