[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (WFLY-3253) CXF should not be installing BouncyCastle

[David Lloyd (JIRA)]

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David Lloyd commented on WFLY-3253:
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I don't have a clear answer yet, however one thing I was considering back in AS 6 was installing a special "provider" that would proxy to other provider sets based on criteria such as TCCL.  This would allow each application to see its own set of security services, however if applications would inspect the provider itself they might see unusual name and version values (for example).

I do agree we should make certain provider sets available, but this should be configured in the management model somehow.

> CXF should not be installing BouncyCastle
> -----------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: WFLY-3253
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-3253
>             Project: WildFly
>          Issue Type: Bug
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>          Components: Web Services
>            Reporter: David Lloyd
>            Assignee: Alessio Soldano
>            Priority: Critical
>             Fix For: 8.1.0.Final
>
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> CXF installs a BouncyCastle provider globally into the security providers list.  This is causes performance and other problems when this provider gets chosen for whatever reason to be the system crypto provider for e.g. TLS.
> The list of globally installed security providers should be a user concern only.  If CXF requires a specific provider for a specific purpose, it should be selecting that provider when constructing the crytpo API object, though generally this is to be discouraged.
> Ultimately we want to introduce a configuration in the app server that allows the list of security providers to be specified in some way, without interference from any frameworks that we happen to have installed.



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