OpenSAML user discussion

[Chad La Joie <>]

This could be an IBM JVM issue.  The other windows users that I know are 
running on Sun's VM.

Are there any other Windows's user also using IBM's JVM that could test 
this?



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> Sorry, should have provided more detail:
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> WebSphere Platform 6.1 [BASE 6.1.0.2 cf20633.22]  running with process 
> name DWS3WACH37czwc1Node01Cell\DWS3WACH37czwc1Node01\server1 and process 
> id 4332
> Host Operating System is Windows XP, version 5.1 build 2600 Service Pack 2
> Java version = J2RE 1.5.0 IBM J9 2.3 Windows XP x86-32 j9vmwi3223-20060504 
> (JIT enabled)
> J9VM - 20060501_06428_lHdSMR
> JIT  - 20060428_1800_r8
> GC   - 20060501_AA, Java Compiler = j9jit23, Java VM name = IBM J9 VM
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> Here are the security providers for this JVM:
> security.provider.1=com.ibm.crypto.provider.IBMJCE
> security.provider.2=com.ibm.jsse.IBMJSSEProvider
> security.provider.3=com.ibm.jsse2.IBMJSSEProvider2
> security.provider.4=com.ibm.security.jgss.IBMJGSSProvider
> security.provider.5=com.ibm.security.cert.IBMCertPath
> security.provider.6=com.ibm.crypto.pkcs11.provider.IBMPKCS11
> security.provider.7=com.ibm.security.cmskeystore.CMSProvider
> security.provider.8=com.ibm.security.jgss.mech.spnego.IBMSPNEGO
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> And I add bouncycastle in the code.  This is just my sandbox.
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> > 1.5_15 running under websphere 6.1
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> > I know some other people are using this on Windows and I haven't heard 
> > anything like this from them.  What JVM are you using?
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> > > I am using the latest SAML2 library for Java.
> > > When I call the encrypt() method of an Encryter for an Attribute, it 
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> > > like the downline code is using
> > > SecureRandom to generate an unique id for the Node.  On my XP machine 
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> > > least, this is a VERY expensive operation, and I find it spending 
> > 2.2-2.5 
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> > > in the nextByte() .
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> > > Do others find this to be true?  Is there a way I can generate my own 
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> > > SecureRandom is critical for key generation et al. but isn't it 
> overkill 
> > > for generating a simple id?
> > > What am I missing?
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> > > Edward Thompson
> > > Charlotte, NC 28202

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