Java Cryptography Architecture Oracle Providers Documentation for JDK 8
The following topics are covered:
- Introduction
- Import Limits on Cryptographic Algorithms
- Cipher Transformations
- SecureRandom Implementations
- The
SunPKCS11
Provider - The
SUN
Provider - The
SunRsaSign
Provider - The
SunJSSE
Provider - The
SunJCE
Provider - The
SunJGSS
Provider - The
SunSASL
Provider - The
XMLDSig
Provider - The
SunPCSC
Provider - The
SunMSCAPI
Provider - The
SunEC
Provider - The
OracleUcrypto
Provider - The
Apple
Provider
Note: The Standard Names Documentation contains more information about the standard names used in this document.
Introduction
The Java platform defines a set of APIs spanning major security areas, including cryptography, public key infrastructure, authentication, secure communication, and access control. These APIs allow developers to easily integrate security mechanisms into their application code. The Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA) and its Provider Architecture is a core concept of the Java Development Kit (JDK). It is assumed readers have a solid understanding of this architecture.
This document describes the technical details of the providers shipped as part of Oracle's Java Environment.
Reminder: Cryptographic implementations in the JDK are distributed through several different providers ("Sun", "SunJSSE", "SunJCE", "SunRsaSign") for both historical reasons and by the types of services provided. General purpose applications SHOULD NOT request cryptographic services from specific providers. That is:
getInstance("...", "SunJCE"); // not recommended
versus
getInstance("..."); // recommended
Otherwise, applications are tied to specific providers that may not be available on other Java implementations. They also might not be able to take advantage of available optimized providers (for example, hardware accelerators via PKCS11 or native OS implementations such as Microsoft's MSCAPI) that have a higher preference order than the specific requested provider.
Import Limits on Cryptographic Algorithms
Due to import regulations in some countries, the Oracle implementation provides a default cryptographic jurisdiction policy file that limits the strength of cryptographic algorithms. Here are the maximum key sizes allowed by this "strong" version of the jurisdiction policy files:
Algorithm | Maximum Keysize |
---|---|
DES | 64 |
DESede | * |
RC2 | 128 |
RC4 | 128 |
RC5 | 128 |
RSA | * |
all others | 128 |
If stronger algorithms are needed (for example, AES with 256-bit keys), the JCE Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files must be obtained and installed in the JDK/JRE.
It is the user's responsibility to verify that this action is permissible under local regulations.
Cipher Transformations
The javax.crypto.Cipher.getInstance(String transformation)
factory method generates Cipher
s using transformations of the form algorithm/mode/padding. If the mode/padding are omitted, the SunJCE and SunPKCS11 providers use ECB as the default mode and PKCS5Padding as the default padding for many symmetric ciphers.
It is recommended to use transformations that fully specify the algorithm, mode, and padding instead of relying on the defaults.
Note: ECB works well for single blocks of data and can be parallelized, but generally should not be used for multiple blocks of data.
SecureRandom Implementations
The following table lists the default preference order of the available SecureRandom
implementations.
OS | Algorithm Name | Provider Name |
---|---|---|
Solaris | 1. PKCS11* | SunPKCS11 |
2. NativePRNG** | Sun | |
3. SHA1PRNG** | Sun | |
4. NativePRNGBlocking | Sun | |
5. NativePRNGNonBlocking | Sun | |
Linux | 1. NativePRNG** | Sun |
2. SHA1PRNG** | Sun | |
3. NativePRNGBlocking | Sun | |
4. NativePRNGNonBlocking | Sun | |
OS X | 1. NativePRNG** | Sun |
2. SHA1PRNG** | Sun | |
3. NativePRNGBlocking | Sun | |
4. NativePRNGNonBlocking | Sun | |
Windows | 1. SHA1PRNG | Sun |
2. Windows-PRNG*** | SunMSCAPI |
* The SunPKCS11 provider is available on all platforms, but is only enabled by default on Solaris as it is the only OS with a native PKCS11 implementation automatically installed and configured. On other platforms, applications or deployers must specifically install and configure a native PKCS11 library, and then configure and enable the SunPKCS11 provider to use it.
** On Solaris, Linux, and OS X, if the entropy gathering device in java.security
is set to file:/dev/urandom
or file:/dev/random
, then NativePRNG is preferred to SHA1PRNG. Otherwise, SHA1PRNG is preferred.
*** There is currently no NativePRNG on Windows. Access to the equivalent functionality is via the SunMSCAPI provider.
If there are no SecureRandom
implementations registered in the JCA framework, java.security.SecureRandom
will use the hardcoded SHA1PRNG.
The SunPKCS11
Provider
The Cryptographic Token Interface Standard (PKCS#11) provides native programming interfaces to cryptographic mechanisms, such as hardware cryptographic accelerators and Smart Cards. When properly configured, the SunPKCS11
provider enables applications to use the standard JCA/JCE APIs to access native PKCS#11 libraries. The SunPKCS11
provider itself does not contain cryptographic functionality, it is simply a conduit between the Java environment and the native PKCS11 providers. The Java PKCS#11 Reference Guide has a much more detailed treatment of this provider.
The SUN
Provider
JDK 1.1 introduced the Provider
architecture. The first JDK provider was named SUN
, and contained two types of cryptographic services (MessageDigest
s and Signature
s). In later releases, other mechanisms were added (SecureRandom
number generators, KeyPairGenerator
s, KeyFactory
s, and so on.).
United States export regulations in effect at the time placed significant restrictions on the type of cryptographic functionality that could be made available internationally in the JDK. For this reason, the SUN
provider has historically contained cryptographic engines that did not directly encrypt or decrypt data.
The following algorithms are available in the SUN
provider:
Engine | Algorithm Names |
---|---|
AlgorithmParameterGenerator |
DSA |
AlgorithmParameters |
DSA |
CertificateFactory |
X.509 |
CertPathBuilder |
PKIX |
CertPathValidator |
PKIX |
CertStore |
Collection LDAP |
Configuration |
JavaLoginConfig |
KeyFactory |
DSA |
KeyPairGenerator |
DSA |
KeyStore |
JKS DKS |
MessageDigest |
MD2 MD5 SHA-1 SHA-224 SHA-256 SHA-384 SHA-512 |
Policy |
JavaPolicy |
SecureRandom |
SHA1PRNG (Initial seeding is currently done via a combination of system attributes and the java.security entropy gathering device)NativePRNG ( nextBytes() uses /dev/urandom , generateSeed() uses /dev/random )NativePRNGBlocking ( nextBytes() and generateSeed() use /dev/random )NativePRNGNonBlocking ( nextBytes() and generateSeed() use /dev/urandom ) |
Signature |
NONEwithDSA SHA1withDSA SHA224withDSA SHA256withDSA |
The following table lists OIDs associated with SHA Message Digests:
SHA Message Digest | OID |
---|---|
SHA-224 | 2.16.840.1.101.3.4.2.4 |
SHA-256 | 2.16.840.1.101.3.4.2.1 |
SHA-384 | 2.16.840.1.101.3.4.2.2 |
SHA-512 | 2.16.840.1.101.3.4.2.3 |
The following table lists OIDs associated with DSA Signatures:
DSA Signature | OID |
---|---|
SHA1withDSA | 1.2.840.10040.4.3 1.3.14.3.2.13 1.3.14.3.2.27 |
SHA224withDSA | 2.16.840.1.101.3.4.3.1 |
SHA256withDSA | 2.16.840.1.101.3.4.3.2 |
Keysize Restrictions
The SUN
provider uses the following default keysizes (in bits) and enforces the following restrictions:
KeyPairGenerator
Alg. Name | Default Keysize | Restrictions/Comments |
---|---|---|
DSA | 1024 | Keysize must be a multiple of 64, ranging from 512 to 1024 (inclusive), or 2048. |
AlgorithmParameterGenerator
Alg. Name | Default Keysize | Restrictions/Comments |
---|---|---|
DSA | 1024 | Keysize must be a multiple of 64, ranging from 512 to 1024 (inclusive), or 2048. |
CertificateFactory
/CertPathBuilder
/CertPathValidator
/CertStore
Implementations
Additional details on the SUN
provider implementations for CertificateFactory
, CertPathBuilder
, CertPathValidator
and CertStore
are documented in Appendix B of the PKI Programmer's Guide.
The SunRsaSign
Provider
The SunRsaSign
provider was introduced in JDK 1.3 as an enhanced replacement for the RSA signatures in the SunJSSE
provider.
The following algorithms are available in the SunRsaSign
provider:
Engine | Algorithm Names |
---|---|
KeyFactory |
RSA |
KeyPairGenerator |
RSA |
Signature |
MD2withRSA MD5withRSA SHA1withRSA SHA224withRSA SHA256withRSA SHA384withRSA SHA512withRSA |
Keysize Restrictions
The SunRsaSign
provider uses the following default keysize (in bits) and enforces the following restriction:
KeyPairGenerator
Alg. Name | Default Keysize | Restrictions/Comments |
---|---|---|
RSA | 1024 | Keysize must range between 512 and 65536 bits, the latter of which is unnecessarily large. |
The SunJSSE
Provider
The Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) was originally released as a separate "Optional Package" (also briefly known as a "Standard Extension"), and was available for JDK 1.2.n and 1.3.n. The SunJSSE
provider was introduced as part of this release.
In earlier JDK releases, there were no RSA signature providers available in the JDK, therefore SunJSSE
had to provide its own RSA implementation in order to use commonly available RSA-based certificates. JDK 5 introduced the SunRsaSign
provider, which provides all the functionality (and more) of the SunJSSE
provider. Applications targeted at JDK 5.0 and later should request instances of the SunRsaSign
provider instead. For backward compatibility, the RSA algorithms are still available through this provider, but are actually implemented in the SunRsaSign
provider.
Algorithms
The following algorithms are available in the SunJSSE
provider:
Engine | Algorithm Name(s) |
---|---|
KeyFactory |
RSA |
KeyManagerFactory |
SunX509: A factory for PKIX: A factory for |
KeyPairGenerator |
RSA |
KeyStore |
PKCS12 |
Signature |
MD2withRSA MD5withRSA SHA1withRSA |
SSLContext |
SSLv3 TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 |
TrustManagerFactory |
SunX509: A factory for PKIX: A factory for |
Protocols
The SunJSSE
provider supports the following protocol
parameters:
Protocol | Enabled by Default for Client | Enabled by Default for Server |
---|---|---|
SSLv3 | No(Unavailable Footnote 2) | No(Unavailable Footnote 2) |
TLSv1 | Yes | Yes |
TLSv1.1 | Yes | Yes |
TLSv1.2 | Yes | Yes |
SSLv2Hello Footnote 1 | No | Yes |
Footnote 1 - The SSLv3, TLSv1, TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2 protocols allow you to send SSLv3, TLSv1, TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2 ClientHellos encapsulated in an SSLv2 format hello by using the SSLv2Hello psuedo-protocol. The following table illustrates which connection combinations are possible when using SSLv2Hellos:
Client | Server | Connection |
---|---|---|
enabled | enabled | Y |
disabled | enabled | Y (most interoperable: SunJSSE default) |
enabled | disabled | N |
disabled | disabled | Y |
Starting with JDK 8u31, the SSLv3 protocol (Secure Socket Layer) has been deactivated and is not available by default. See the java.security.Security
property jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms
in <JRE_HOME>/lib/security/java.security
file.
If SSLv3 is absolutely required, the protocol can be reactivated at JRE level by removing "SSLv3" from the jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms
property in the java.security
file or by dynamically setting this Security property before JSSE is initialized.
To enable SSLv3 protocol at deploy level, after following the above steps, edit the deployment.properties
file and add the following:
deployment.security.SSLv3=true
Cipher Suites
SunJSSE
supports a large number of cipher suites. The two tables that follow show the cipher suites supported by SunJSSE in preference order and the release in which they were introduced.
The first table lists the cipher suites that are enable by default. The second table shows cipher suites that are supported by SunJSSE but disabled by default.
Cipher Suite | J2SE v1.4 | J2SE v1.4.1, v1.4.2 | J2SE 5.0 | JDK 6 | JDK 7 | JDK 8 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384 |
XFootnote 1 | X | ||||
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384 |
XFootnote 1 | X | ||||
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256 |
XFootnote 1 | X | ||||
TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384 |
XFootnote 1 | X | ||||
TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384 |
XFootnote 1 | X | ||||
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256 |
XFootnote 1 | X | ||||
TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256 |
XFootnote 1 | X | ||||
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | X | X | |
TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | X | X | |
TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | X | X | |
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 |
XFootnote 1 | X | ||||
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 |
XFootnote 1 | X | ||||
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 |
XFootnote 1 | X | ||||
TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 |
XFootnote 1 | X | ||||
TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 |
XFootnote 1 | X | ||||
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 |
XFootnote 1 | X | ||||
TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 |
XFootnote 1 | X | ||||
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | X | X | |
TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | X | X | |
TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | X | X | |
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA |
X | X | X | X | X | X |
TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 |
X | |||||
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 |
X | |||||
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 |
X | |||||
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 |
X | |||||
TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 |
X | |||||
TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 |
X | |||||
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 |
X | |||||
TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 |
X | |||||
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 |
X | |||||
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 |
X | |||||
TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 |
X | |||||
TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 |
X | |||||
TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 |
X | |||||
TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 |
X | |||||
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
SSL_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | X | X | X |
TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
SSL_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | X | X | |
SSL_DHE_DSS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | X | X | X |
SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5 |
X | X | X | X | X | X |
TLS_EMPTY_RENEGOTIATION_INFO_SCSV Footnote 2 |
1.4.2u28+ | u26+ | u22+ | X | X |
Footnote 1 Cipher suites with SHA384 and SHA256 are available only for TLS 1.2 or later.
Footnote 2 TLS_EMPTY_RENEGOTIATION_INFO_SCSV
is a new pseudo-cipher suite to support RFC 5746. See the Transport Layer Security (TLS) Renegotiation Issue section of the JSEE Reference Guide for more information.
Cipher Suite | J2SE v1.4 | J2SE v1.4.1, v1.4.2 | J2SE 5.0 | JDK 6 | JDK 7 | JDK 8 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TLS_DH_anon_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 |
X | |||||
TLS_DH_anon_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 |
X | |||||
TLS_DH_anon_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256 |
X | X | ||||
TLS_ECDH_anon_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
TLS_DH_anon_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | X | X | |
TLS_DH_anon_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 |
X | X | ||||
TLS_ECDH_anon_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
TLS_DH_anon_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | X | X | |
TLS_ECDH_anon_WITH_RC4_128_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
SSL_DH_anon_WITH_RC4_128_MD5 |
X | X | X | X | X | X |
TLS_ECDH_anon_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
SSL_DH_anon_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | X | X | X |
TLS_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA256 |
X | X | ||||
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_NULL_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
SSL_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA |
X | X | X | X | X | X |
TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_NULL_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
TLS_ECDH_anon_WITH_NULL_SHA |
X | X | X | |||
SSL_RSA_WITH_NULL_MD5 |
X | X | X | X | X | X |
SSL_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | X | XFootnote 1 | X |
SSL_DHE_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | XFootnote 1 | X | |
SSL_DHE_DSS_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | X | XFootnote 1 | X |
SSL_DH_anon_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | X | XFootnote 1 | X |
SSL_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_MD5 |
X | X | X | X | XFootnote 2 | X |
SSL_DH_anon_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_MD5 |
X | X | X | X | XFootnote 2 | X |
SSL_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | XFootnote 2 | X | |
SSL_DHE_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | XFootnote 2 | X | |
SSL_DHE_DSS_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | X | XFootnote 2 | X |
SSL_DH_anon_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | X | XFootnote 2 | X |
TLS_KRB5_WITH_RC4_128_SHA |
X | X | X | X | ||
TLS_KRB5_WITH_RC4_128_MD5 |
X | X | X | X | ||
TLS_KRB5_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA |
X | X | X | X | ||
TLS_KRB5_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_MD5 |
X | X | X | X | ||
TLS_KRB5_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA |
X | X | XFootnote 1 | X | ||
TLS_KRB5_WITH_DES_CBC_MD5 |
X | X | XFootnote 1 | X | ||
TLS_KRB5_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_SHA |
X | X | XFootnote 2 | X | ||
TLS_KRB5_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_MD5 |
X | X | XFootnote 2 | X | ||
TLS_KRB5_EXPORT_WITH_DES_CBC_40_SHA |
X | X | XFootnote 2 | X | ||
TLS_KRB5_EXPORT_WITH_DES_CBC_40_MD5 |
X | X | XFootnote 2 | X |
Footnote 1 RFC 5246 TLS 1.2 forbids the use of these suites. These can be used in the SSLv3/TLS1.0/TLS1.1 protocols, but cannot be used in TLS 1.2 and later.
Footnote 2 RFC 4346 TLS 1.1 forbids the use of these suites. These can be used in the SSLv3/TLS1.0 protocols, but cannot be used in TLS 1.1 and later.
Cipher suites that use AES_256 require installation of the JCE Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files. See Import Limits on Cryptographic Algorithms.
Cipher suites that use Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECDSA, ECDH, ECDHE, ECDH_anon) require a JCE cryptographic provider that meets the following requirements:
The provider must implement ECC as defined by the classes and interfaces in the packages
java.security.spec
andjava.security.interfaces
. ThegetAlgorithm()
method of elliptic curve key objects must return the string "EC".The provider must support the
Signature
algorithms SHA1withECDSA and NONEwithECDSA, theKeyAgreement
algorithm ECDH, and aKeyPairGenerator
and aKeyFactory
for algorithm EC. If one of these algorithms is missing, SunJSSE will not allow EC cipher suites to be used.The provider must support all the SECG curves referenced in RFC 4492 specification, section 5.1.1 (see also appendix A). In certificates, points should be encoded using the uncompressed form and curves should be encoded using the
namedCurve
choice, that is, using an object identifier.
If these requirements are not met, EC cipher suites may not be negotiated correctly.
Tighter Checking of EncryptedPreMasterSecret Version Numbers
Prior to the JDK 7 release, the SSL/TLS implementation did not check the version number in PreMasterSecret, and the SSL/TLS client did not send the correct version number by default. Unless the system property com.sun.net.ssl.rsaPreMasterSecretFix
is set to true
, the TLS client sends the active negotiated version, but not the expected maximum version supported by the client.
For compatibility, this behavior is preserved for SSL version 3.0 and TLS version 1.0. However, for TLS version 1.1 or later, the implementation tightens checking the PreMasterSecret version numbers as required by RFC 5246. Clients always send the correct version number, and servers check the version number strictly. The system property, com.sun.net.ssl.rsaPreMasterSecretFix
, is not used in TLS 1.1 or later.
The SunJCE
Provider
As described briefly in The SUN
Provider, US export regulations at the time restricted the type of cryptographic functionality that could be made available in the JDK. A separate API and reference implementation was developed that allowed applications to encrypt/decrypt data. The Java Cryptographic Extension (JCE) was released as a separate "Optional Package" (also briefly known as a "Standard Extension"), and was available for JDK 1.2.x and 1.3.x. During the development of JDK 1.4, regulations were relaxed enough that JCE (and SunJSSE) could be bundled as part of the JDK.
The following algorithms are available in the SunJCE provider:
Engine | Algorithm Names |
---|---|
AlgorithmParameterGenerator |
DiffieHellman |
AlgorithmParameters |
AES Blowfish DES DESede DiffieHellman OAEP PBE PBES2 PBEWithHmacSHA1AndAES_128 PBEWithHmacSHA224AndAES_128 PBEWithHmacSHA256AndAES_128 PBEWithHmacSHA384AndAES_128 PBEWithHmacSHA512AndAES_128 PBEWithHmacSHA1AndAES_256 PBEWithHmacSHA224AndAES_256 PBEWithHmacSHA256AndAES_256 PBEWithHmacSHA384AndAES_256 PBEWithHmacSHA512AndAES_256 PBEWithMD5AndDES PBEWithMD5AndTripleDES PBEWithSHA1AndDESede PBEWithSHA1AndRC2_40 PBEWithSHA1AndRC2_128 PBEWithSHA1AndRC4_40 PBEWithSHA1AndPC4_128 RC2 |
Cipher |
See the Cipher table. |
KeyAgreement |
DiffieHellman |
KeyFactory |
DiffieHellman |
KeyGenerator |
AES ARCFOUR Blowfish DES DESede HmacMD5 HmacSHA1 HmacSHA224 HmacSHA256 HmacSHA384 HmacSHA512 RC2 |
KeyPairGenerator |
DiffieHellman |
KeyStore |
JCEKS |
Mac |
HmacMD5 HmacSHA1 HmacSHA224 HmacSHA256 HmacSHA384 HmacSHA512 HmacPBESHA1 PBEWithHmacSHA1 PBEWithHmacSHA224 PBEWithHmacSHA256 PBEWithHmacSHA384 PBEWithHmacSHA512 |
SecretKeyFactory |
DES DESede PBEWithMD5AndDES PBEWithMD5AndTripleDES PBEWithSHA1AndDESede PBEWithSHA1AndRC2_40 PBEWithSHA1AndRC2_128 PBEWithSHA1AndRC4_40 PBEWithSHA1AndRC4_128 PBKDF2WithHmacSHA1 PBKDF2WithHmacSHA224 PBKDF2WithHmacSHA256 PBKDF2WithHmacSHA384 PBKDF2WithHmacSHA512 PBEWithHmacSHA1AndAES_128 PBEWithHmacSHA224AndAES_128 PBEWithHmacSHA256AndAES_128 PBEWithHmacSHA384AndAES_128 PBEWithHmacSHA512AndAES_128 PBEWithHmacSHA1AndAES_256 PBEWithHmacSHA224AndAES_256 PBEWithHmacSHA256AndAES_256 PBEWithHmacSHA384AndAES_256 PBEWithHmacSHA512AndAES_256 |
The following table lists cipher algorithms available in the SunJCE provider.
Algorithm Name | Modes | Paddings |
---|---|---|
AES | ECB, CBC, PCBC, CTR, CTS, CFB, CFB8..CFB128, OFB, OFB8..OFB128 | NoPadding, PKCS5Padding, ISO10126Padding |
AESWrap | ECB | NoPadding |
ARCFOUR | ECB | NoPadding |
Blowfish, DES, DESede, RC2 | ECB, CBC, PCBC, CTR, CTS, CFB, CFB8..CFB64, OFB, OFB8..OFB64 | NoPadding, PKCS5Padding, ISO10126Padding |
DESedeWrap | CBC | NoPadding |
PBEWithMD5AndDES, PBEWithMD5AndTripleDES Footnote 1, PBEWithSHA1AndDESede, PBEWithSHA1AndRC2_40, PBEWithSHA1AndRC2_128, PBEWithSHA1AndRC4_40, PBEWithSHA1AndRC4_128, PBEWithHmacSHA1AndAES_128, PBEWithHmacSHA224AndAES_128, PBEWithHmacSHA256AndAES_128, PBEWithHmacSHA384AndAES_128, PBEWithHmacSHA512AndAES_128, PBEWithHmacSHA1AndAES_256, PBEWithHmacSHA224AndAES_256, PBEWithHmacSHA256AndAES_256, PBEWithHmacSHA384AndAES_256, PBEWithHmacSHA512AndAES_256 |
CBC | PKCS5Padding |
RSA | ECB | NoPadding, PKCS1Padding, OAEPWithMD5AndMGF1Padding, OAEPWithSHA1AndMGF1Padding, OAEPWithSHA-1AndMGF1Padding, OAEPWithSHA-224AndMGF1Padding, OAEPWithSHA-256AndMGF1Padding, OAEPWithSHA-384AndMGF1Padding, OAEPWithSHA-512AndMGF1Padding |
Footnote 1 PBEWithMD5AndTripleDES is a proprietary algorithm that has not been standardized.
Keysize Restrictions
The SunJCE provider uses the following default keysizes (in bits) and enforces the following restrictions:
KeyGenerator
Algorithm Name | Default Keysize | Restrictions/Comments |
---|---|---|
AES | 128 | Keysize must be equal to 128, 192, or 256. |
ARCFOUR (RC4) | 128 | Keysize must range between 40 and 1024 (inclusive). |
Blowfish | 128 | Keysize must be a multiple of 8, ranging from 32 to 448 (inclusive). |
DES | 56 | Keysize must be equal to 56. |
DESede (Triple DES) | 168 | Keysize must be equal to 112 or 168. A keysize of 112 will generate a Triple DES key with 2 intermediate keys, and a keysize of 168 will generate a Triple DES key with 3 intermediate keys. Due to the "Meet-In-The-Middle" problem, even though 112 or 168 bits of key material are used, the effective keysize is 80 or 112 bits respectively. |
HmacMD5 | 512 | No keysize restriction. |
HmacSHA1 | 512 | No keysize restriction. |
HmacSHA224 | 224 | No keysize restriction. |
HmacSHA256 | 256 | No keysize restriction. |
HmacSHA384 | 384 | No keysize restriction. |
HmacSHA512 | 512 | No keysize restriction. |
RC2 | 128 | Keysize must range between 40 and 1024 (inclusive). |
NOTE: The various Password-Based Encryption (PBE) algorithms use various algorithms to generate key data, and ultimately depends on the targeted Cipher algorithm. For example, "PBEWithMD5AndDES" will always generate 56-bit keys.
KeyPairGenerator
Algorithm Name | Default Keysize | Restrictions/Comments |
---|---|---|
Diffie-Hellman (DH) | 1024 | Keysize must be a multiple of 64, ranging from 512 to 2048 (inclusive). |
AlgorithmParameterGenerator
Alg. Name | Default Keysize | Restrictions/Comments |
---|---|---|
Diffie-Hellman (DH) | 1024 | Keysize must be a multiple of 64, ranging from 512 to 2048 (inclusive). |
The SunJGSS
Provider
The following algorithms are available in the SunJGSS
provider:
OID | Name |
---|---|
1.2.840.113554.1.2.2 |
Kerberos v5 |
1.3.6.1.5.5.2 |
SPNEGO |
The SunSASL
Provider
The following algorithms are available in the SunSASL
provider:
Engine | Algorithm Names |
---|---|
SaslClient |
CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5 EXTERNAL GSSAPI PLAIN |
SaslServer |
CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5 GSSAPI |
The XMLDSig
Provider
The following algorithms are available in the XMLDSig
provider:
Engine | Algorithm Names |
---|---|
KeyInfoFactory |
DOM |
TransformService |
http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315 - (CanonicalizationMethod.INCLUSIVE )http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315#WithComments - ( CanonicalizationMethod.INCLUSIVE_WITH_COMMENTS )http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n# - ( CanonicalizationMethod.EXCLUSIVE )http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#WithComments - ( CanonicalizationMethod.EXCLUSIVE_WITH_COMMENTS )http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#base64 - ( Transform.BASE64 )http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature - ( Transform.ENVELOPED )http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116 - ( Transform.XPATH )http://www.w3.org/2002/06/xmldsig-filter2 - ( Transform.XPATH2 )http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xslt-19991116 - ( Transform.XSLT ) |
XMLSignatureFactory |
DOM |
The SunPCSC
Provider
The SunPCSC provider enables applications to use the Java Smart Card I/O API to interact with the PC/SC Smart Card stack of the underlying operating system. On some operating systems, it may be necessary to enable and configure the PC/SC stack before it is usable. Consult your operating system documentation for details.
On Solaris and Linux platforms, SunPCSC accesses the PC/SC stack via the libpcsclite.so
library. It looks for this library in the directories /usr/$LIBISA
and /usr/local/$LIBISA
, where $LIBISA
is expanded to lib
on 32-bit platforms, lib/64
on 64-bit Solaris platforms, and lib64
on 64-bit Linux platforms. The system property sun.security.smartcardio.library
may also be set to the full filename of an alternate libpcsclite.so
implementation. On Windows platforms, SunPCSC always calls into winscard.dll
and no Java-level configuration is necessary or possible.
If PC/SC is available on the host platform, the SunPCSC implementation can be obtained via TerminalFactory.getDefault()
and TerminalFactory.getInstance("PC/SC")
. If PC/SC is not available or not correctly configured, a getInstance()
call will fail with a NoSuchAlgorithmException
and getDefault()
will return a JRE built-in implementation that does not support any terminals.
The following algorithms are available in the SunPCSC
provider:
Engine | Algorithm Names |
---|---|
TerminalFactory |
PC/SC |
The SunMSCAPI
Provider
The SunMSCAPI provider enables applications to use the standard JCA/JCE APIs to access the native cryptographic libraries, certificates stores and key containers on the Microsoft Windows platform. The SunMSCAPI provider itself does not contain cryptographic functionality, it is simply a conduit between the Java environment and the native cryptographic services on Windows.
The following algorithms are available in the SunMSCAPI
provider:
Engine | Algorithm Names |
---|---|
Cipher |
RSA RSA/ECB/PKCS1Padding only |
KeyPairGenerator |
RSA |
KeyStore |
Windows-MY The keystore type that identifies the native Microsoft Windows MY keystore. It contains the user's personal certificates and associated private keys. Windows-ROOTThe keystore type that identifies the native Microsoft Windows ROOT keystore. It contains the certificates of Root certificate authorities and other self-signed trusted certificates. |
SecureRandom |
Windows-PRNG The name of the native pseudo-random number generation (PRNG) algorithm. |
Signature |
MD5withRSA MD2withRSA NONEwithRSA SHA1withRSA SHA256withRSA SHA384withRSA SHA512withRSA |
Keysize Restrictions
The SunMSCAPI provider uses the following default keysizes (in bits) and enforce the following restrictions:
KeyGenerator
Alg. Name | Default Keysize | Restrictions/Comments |
---|---|---|
RSA | 1024 | Keysize ranges from 512 bits to 16,384 bits (depending on the underlying Microsoft Windows cryptographic service provider). |
The SunEC
Provider
The SunEC provider implements Elliptical Curve Cryptography (ECC). ECC is emerging as an attractive public-key cryptosystem for mobile/wireless and other environments. Compared to traditional cryptosystems like RSA, ECC offers equivalent security with smaller key sizes, which results in faster computations, lower power consumption, as well as memory and bandwidth savings.
Applications can now use the standard JCA/JCE APIs to access ECC functionality without the dependency on external ECC libraries(via SunPKCS11), as was the case in the JDK 6 release.
The following algorithms are available in the SunEC
provider:
Engine | Algorithm Name(s) |
---|---|
AlgorithmParameters |
EC |
KeyAgreement |
ECDH |
KeyFactory |
EC |
KeyPairGenerator |
EC |
Signature |
NONEwithECDSA SHA1withECDSA SHA224withECDSA SHA256withECDSA SHA384withECDSA SHA512withECDSA |
Keysize Restrictions
The SunEC provider uses the following default keysizes (in bits) and enforces the following restrictions:
KeyPairGenerator
Alg. Name | Default Keysize | Restrictions/Comments |
---|---|---|
EC | 256 | Keysize must range from 112 to 571 (inclusive). |
The OracleUcrypto
Provider
The Solaris-only security provider OracleUcrypto
leverages the Solaris Ucrypto library to offload and delegate cryptographic operations supported by the Oracle SPARC T4 based on-core cryptographic instructions. The OracleUcrypto
provider itself does not contain cryptographic functionality; it is simply a conduit between the Java environment and the Solaris Ucrypto library.
If the underlying Solaris Ucrypto library does not support a particular algorithm, then the OracleUcrypto provider will not support it either. Consequently, at runtime, the supported algorithms consists of the intersection of those that the Solaris Ucrypto library supports and those that the OracleUcrypto
provider recognizes.
Note that the OracleUcrypto
provider is included only in Oracle's JDK. It is not part of OpenJDK.
The following algorithms are available in the OracleUcrypto
provider:
Engine | Algorithm Name(s) |
---|---|
Cipher |
AES RSA AES/ECB/NoPadding AES/ECB/PKCS5Padding AES/CBC/NoPadding AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding AES/CTR/NoPadding AES/GCM/NoPadding AES/CFB128/NoPadding AES/CFB128/PKCS5Padding RSA/ECB/PKCS1Padding RSA/ECB/NoPadding |
Signature |
MD5withRSA SHA1withRSA SHA256withRSA SHA384withRSA SHA512withRSA |
MessageDigest |
MD5 SHA SHA-256 SHA-384 SHA-512 |
Keysize Restrictions
The OracleUcrypto
provider does not specify any default keysizes or keysize restrictions; these are specified by the underlying Solaris Ucrypto library.
OracleUcrypto
Provider Configuration File
The OracleUcrypto
provider has a configuration file named ucrypto-solaris.cfg
that resides in the $JAVA_HOME/lib/security
directory. Modify this configuration file to specify which algorithms to disable by default. For example, the following configuration file disables AES with CFB128 mode by default:
# # Configuration file for the OracleUcrypto provider # disabledServices = { Cipher.AES/CFB128/PKCS5Padding Cipher.AES/CFB128/NoPadding }
The Apple Provider
The Apple
provider implements a java.security.KeyStore
that provides access to the Mac OS X Keychain.
The following algorithms are available in the Apple
provider:
Engine | Algorithm Name(s) |
---|---|
KeyStore |
KeychainStore |