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Status Future consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 21, 2023

Support for Elliptic Curves x448 and x25519 in Java 8 SDK for z/OS.

Java 8 is globally used  by a number of applications in  Traditional zWebSphere v8.5 and v9.0, the company standard requires the latest elliptic curves to secure applications externally and internally.    

Idea priority Urgent
  • Guest
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    Mar 21, 2023

    There is a need for TLS support provided by JSSE to support these new curves. My understanding is that there is some level of API support for the new curves in Java 8, but there is more that needs to be done in JSSE to use them for TLSv1.2 protection.


  • Guest
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    Mar 21, 2023

    This idea is to support case TS012243651