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Re: [Curdle] AlgorithmIdentifier parameters in draft-ietf-curdle-pkix-03

str4d <str4d@i2pmail.org> Mon, 20 February 2017 12:17 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Curdle] AlgorithmIdentifier parameters in draft-ietf-curdle-pkix-03
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On 02/20/2017 11:14 AM, Ilari Liusvaara wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 05:25:59PM +0000, str4d wrote:
>>
>> If I'm looking at the same JavaDoc as you [0], that method is for
>> iaik.asn1.structures.AlgorithmID, which is part of the proprietary
>> IAIK-JCE Provider. I am referring to sun.security.x509.AlgorithmId from
>> the Sun Provider bundled with Oracle Java, which does not have this method.
> 
> Ah, I found what I presume is code for the correct class.
> 
> The problematic method (derEncode) looks like it can take an override
> from subclass.

While that may help for implementing custom keystores outside my
library, it does not solve the incompatibility problem with the default
keystore: PKCS8Key's static methods instantiate the AlgorithmId class
directly, rather than taking an AlgorithmId parameter that could be
subclassed.

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