8377819: Security properties jlink plugin

[seanjmullan]

This is a new jlink plugin which allows the user to specify values of security properties it wants to override in the java.security configuration file in a custom runtime image. This enhancement, along with the cacerts jlink plugin allow users to more easily create runtimes that address the specific security requirements of their applications.

The command-line syntax takes a file containing properties that the user wants to override.

For example:

jlink --security-properties props.security

where props.security is a file containing one more more properties in the java.security file syntax.

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• JDK-8377819: Security properties jlink plugin (Enhancement - P4)
• JDK-8381580: Security properties jlink plugin (CSR)

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/label add security-libs

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[AlanBateman]

I think the description will need to be expanded a bit to make it very clear than the contents of the given file are used to override or add to the java.security that goes into the generated run-time image. Just trying to avoid anyone thinking it is somehow related to -Djava.security.properties to override the location of the file.

[AlanBateman]

I think the approach to use the contents as overrides is good. I'm just wondering if --security-properties is the best name as it initially looked like this sets the security properties when it's really more like an overlay/patch to override the values of existing properties, or add new properties, if you see what I mean.