RELEASE NOTES FOR: 8u201
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Notes generated: Mon Jun 03 12:44:55 CEST 2024

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JAVA ENHANCEMENT PROPOSALS (JEP):

  None.

RELEASE NOTES:

security-libs/javax.net.ssl:

    JDK-8211883: Disabled TLS anon and NULL Cipher Suites

      The TLS anon (anonymous) and NULL cipher suites have been added to the
      `jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms` security property and are now disabled by default.


ALL FIXED ISSUES, BY COMPONENT AND PRIORITY:

core-libs/java.time:
  (P2) JDK-8213085: (tz) Upgrade Timezone Data to tzdata2018g
  (P3) JDK-8171049: Era.getDisplayName doesn't work with non-IsoChronology

core-libs/javax.naming:
  (P2) JDK-8205330: InitialDirContext ctor sometimes throws NPE if the server has sent a disconnection

deploy/packager:
  (P3) JDK-8157913: Launcher can not find path to libpackager.so

deploy/webstart:
  (P3) JDK-8212793: Fix for JDK-8189783 fails

docs:
  (P4) JDK-8147555: Document that % and " characters are not supported in keys and values of a property for Java Web Start

docs/guides:
  (P3) JDK-8202770: The list of secure properties and secure vm args is out of date
  (P3) JDK-8161741: Typo within section "22.2.3 File Names"

install/install:
  (P3) JDK-8189182: JDK8 RPM postinstall scriptlet assumes /usr/share/man/man1 exists

security-libs/java.security:
  (P3) JDK-8159805: sun/security/tools/jarsigner/warnings/NoTimestampTest.java fails after JDK-8027781
  (P4) JDK-8027781: New jarsigner timestamp warning is grammatically incorrect

security-libs/javax.crypto:
  (P3) JDK-8209862: CipherCore performance improvement

security-libs/javax.net.ssl:
  (P3) JDK-8211883: Disable anon and NULL cipher suites
  (P3) JDK-8208263: Improve concurrency in closed test ResumeEndpointId.java