On Fri, 4 Mar 2022 09:37:21 GMT, Michael McMahon <micha...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Could I get the following change reviewed please, which is to disable the MD5 
> message digest algorithm by default in the HTTP Digest authentication 
> mechanism? The algorithm can be opted into by setting a new system property 
> "http.auth.digest.enabledDigestAlgs" to include the value MD5. The change 
> also updates the Digest authentication implementation to use some of the more 
> secure features defined in RFC7616, such as username hashing and additional 
> digest algorithms like SHA256 and SHA512-256.
> 
> - Michael

I have still to add the doc update describing the system property, which will 
come shortly. I may suggest a change of name to the system property to better 
reflect its exact meaning/purpose

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7688

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