Re: Surviving JEP411 deprecation [WAS]: Implementing an Authorization framework on Java.

2023-02-09 Thread Peter Firmstone
People believed Java Serialization was secure for a long time, I had arguments about that too, long before it was public knowledge, until it wasn't, then it couldn't be fixed fast enough to keep up with vulnerabilities. You nonchalantly plan to remove the SM infrastructure while blocking us f

Re: Surviving JEP411 deprecation [WAS]: Implementing an Authorization framework on Java.

2023-02-09 Thread Peter Firmstone
Please undeprecate DomainController interface, AccessController, AccessControlContext and Subject methods, while removing the remaining methods in JEP411. Just document that these methods don't do anything by default, and use the null object pattern where appropriate. Deprecation is causing

Surviving JEP411 deprecation [WAS]: Implementing an Authorization framework on Java.

2023-02-09 Thread Peter Firmstone
Maybe I had the wrong Subject? I'm still trying to figure out how to migrate before removal of deprecated API's. 1. Our software architecture is designed and currently relies on classes in JEP411 for authorisation decisions. 2. It's not possible for our software to have security bolted on a