[HADOOP-11311] Restrict uppercase key names from being created with JCEKS

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.5.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.7.0
• Component/s: security
• Target Version/s: 2.7.0
• Hadoop Flags: Incompatible change
• Release Note: Keys with uppercase names can no longer be created when using the JavaKeyStoreProvider to resolve ambiguity about case-sensitivity in the KeyStore spec.
• Assignee: Andrew Wang
• Reporter: Andrew Wang
• Created: 17/Nov/14 19:42
• Updated: 10/Apr/15 20:04
• Resolved: 17/Nov/14 22:01

Description

The Java KeyStore spec is ambiguous about the requirements for case-sensitivity for KeyStore implementations. The JDK7 JCEKS is not case-sensitive. This makes it difficult to migrate from JCEKS to case-sensitive implementations.