libgcj.security + classpath.security warning

João Garcia jgarcia@uk2.net
Mon Jan 19 13:13:00 GMT 2004


 >I'm refining my unicodesmtp mail program(one of the examples in Mohans
 >latest wingcc) to support SMTP authentication, and I've encountered one or
 >two bumps on the road.
 >
 >What does the warning below mean?
 >
 >
 >--
 >WARNING: could not properly read security provider files:
 >         file:///datal/gcc/build/wingcc/lib/security/libgcj.security
 >         file:///datal/gcc/build/wingcc/lib/security/classpath.security
 >         Falling back to standard GNU security provider
 >--

It means that someone likes to be warned when GNU security provider is 
used by default.
There should be an elegant way to switch off this warning.
I guess that the compiler is also not placed at /datal/gcc/build/wingcc
(anyway... it should not have to be)...


But there is a not-so-elegant way to avoid that warning:

Provider spv=new gnu.java.security.provider.Gnu();

And, from now on, explicitly use spv...
Here is a simple example:

MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5", spv);



As for the other (and most interesting) bump, I think someone will
comment on it soon (at least I hope so because I am also curious).

João



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