RELEASE NOTES: JDK 15.0.9

HTTPS Channel Binding Support for Java GSS/Kerberos

Support has been added for TLS channel binding tokens for Negotiate/Kerberos authentication over HTTPS through javax.net.HttpsURLConnection.

Channel binding tokens are increasingly required as an enhanced form of security. They work by communicating from a client to a server the client's understanding of the binding between connection security, as represented by a TLS server cert, and higher level authentication credentials, such as a username and password. The server can then detect if the client has been fooled by a MITM and shutdown the session or connection.

The feature is controlled through a new system property jdk.https.negotiate.cbt which is described fully in Networking Properties.

Disabled SHA-1 Signed JARs

JARs signed with SHA-1 algorithms are now restricted by default and treated as if they were unsigned. This applies to the algorithms used to digest, sign, and optionally timestamp the JAR. It also applies to the signature and digest algorithms of the certificates in the certificate chain of the code signer and the Timestamp Authority, and any CRLs or OCSP responses that are used to verify if those certificates have been revoked. These restrictions also apply to signed JCE providers.

To reduce the compatibility risk for JARs that have been previously timestamped, there is one exception to this policy:

• Any JAR signed with SHA-1 algorithms and timestamped prior to January 01, 2019 will not be restricted.

This exception may be removed in a future JDK release. To determine if your signed JARs are affected by this change, run jarsigner -verify -verbose -certs on the signed JAR, and look for instances of "SHA1" or "SHA-1" and "disabled" and a warning that the JAR will be treated as unsigned in the output.

For example:

``` - Signed by "CN="Signer"" Digest algorithm: SHA-1 (disabled) Signature algorithm: SHA1withRSA (disabled), 2048-bit key

WARNING: The jar will be treated as unsigned, because it is signed with a weak algorithm that is now disabled by the security property:

jdk.jar.disabledAlgorithms=MD2, MD5, RSA keySize < 1024, DSA keySize < 1024, SHA1 denyAfter 2019-01-01

```

JARs affected by these new restrictions should be replaced or re-signed with stronger algorithms.

Users can, at their own risk, remove these restrictions by modifying the java.security configuration file (or override it by using the java.security.properties system property) and removing "SHA1 usage SignedJAR & denyAfter 2019-01-01" from the jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms security property and "SHA1 denyAfter 2019-01-01" from the jdk.jar.disabledAlgorithms security property.

Update Timezone Data to 2022c

This version includes changes from 2022b that merged multiple regions that have the same timestamp data post-1970 into a single time zone database. All time zone IDs remain the same but the merged time zones will point to a shared zone database.

As a result, pre-1970 data may not be compatible with earlier JDK versions. The affected zones are `Antarctica/Vostok, Asia/Brunei, Asia/Kuala_Lumpur, Atlantic/Reykjavik, Europe/Amsterdam, Europe/Copenhagen, Europe/Luxembourg, Europe/Monaco, Europe/Oslo, Europe/Stockholm, Indian/Christmas, Indian/Cocos, Indian/Kerguelen, Indian/Mahe, Indian/Reunion, Pacific/Chuuk, Pacific/Funafuti, Pacific/Majuro, Pacific/Pohnpei, Pacific/Wake, Pacific/Wallis, Arctic/Longyearbyen, Atlantic/Jan_Mayen, Iceland, Pacific/Ponape, Pacific/Truk, and Pacific/Yap`.

For more details, refer to the announcement of 2022b

LDAP Channel Binding Support for Java GSS/Kerberos

A new JNDI environment property “com.sun.jndi.ldap.tls.cbtype” has been added to enable TLS Channel Binding data in LDAP authentication over SSL/TLS protocol to the Windows AD server. Possible value is “tls-server-end-point” - Channel Binding data is created on the base of the TLS server certificate. See the module description of the java.naming module.