Document when self-signed certs have invalid signature.

This updates the Javadocs of Android Keystore to explain what key
authorizations are needed for the self-signed cert create at key
generation time to have a valid signature.

Bug: 18088752
Bug: 21777596
Change-Id: Id02425133f094a0c5a02e96f4c63aab7175cba5b
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Alex Klyubin
2015-06-12 13:31:50 -07:00
parent 6cb8e30bb7
commit acb7efd0d6
2 changed files with 9 additions and 1 deletions

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@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ import javax.security.auth.x500.X500Principal;
* of the certificate can be customized in this spec. The self-signed certificate may be replaced at
* a later time by a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority (CA).
*
* <p>NOTE: If a private key is not authorized to sign the self-signed certificate, then the
* certificate will be created with an invalid signature which will not verify. Such a certificate
* is still useful because it provides access to the public key. To generate a valid
* signature for the certificate the key needs to be authorized for
* {@link KeyProperties#PURPOSE_SIGN}, a suitable digest or {@link KeyProperties#DIGEST_NONE}, and
* {@link KeyProperties#SIGNATURE_PADDING_RSA_PKCS1} or
* {@link KeyProperties#ENCRYPTION_PADDING_NONE}.
*
* <p>NOTE: The key material of the generated symmetric and private keys is not accessible. The key
* material of the public keys is accessible.
*

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@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ public abstract class KeyProperties {
* No encryption padding.
*
* <p><b>NOTE</b>: If a key is authorized to be used with no padding, then it can be used with
* any padding scheme.
* any padding scheme, both for encryption and signing.
*/
public static final String ENCRYPTION_PADDING_NONE = "NoPadding";