javax.security.cert.X509Certificate — clojure-interop/javax.security 1.0.5

Abstract class for X.509 v1 certificates. This provides a standard way to access all the version 1 attributes of an X.509 certificate. Attributes that are specific to X.509 v2 or v3 are not available through this interface. Future API evolution will provide full access to complete X.509 v3 attributes.

The basic X.509 format was defined by ISO/IEC and ANSI X9 and is described below in ASN.1:

Certificate ::= SEQUENCE { tbsCertificate TBSCertificate, signatureAlgorithm AlgorithmIdentifier, signature BIT STRING }

These certificates are widely used to support authentication and other functionality in Internet security systems. Common applications include Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM), Transport Layer Security (SSL), code signing for trusted software distribution, and Secure Electronic Transactions (SET).

These certificates are managed and vouched for by Certificate Authorities (CAs). CAs are services which create certificates by placing data in the X.509 standard format and then digitally signing that data. CAs act as trusted third parties, making introductions between principals who have no direct knowledge of each other. CA certificates are either signed by themselves, or by some other CA such as a "root" CA.

The ASN.1 definition of tbsCertificate is:

TBSCertificate ::= SEQUENCE { version [0] EXPLICIT Version DEFAULT v1, serialNumber CertificateSerialNumber, signature AlgorithmIdentifier, issuer Name, validity Validity, subject Name, subjectPublicKeyInfo SubjectPublicKeyInfo, }

Here is sample code to instantiate an X.509 certificate:

InputStream inStream = new FileInputStream("fileName-of-cert"); X509Certificate cert = X509Certificate.getInstance(inStream); inStream.close(); OR

byte[] certData = <certificate read from a file, say> X509Certificate cert = X509Certificate.getInstance(certData);

In either case, the code that instantiates an X.509 certificate consults the value of the cert.provider.x509v1 security property to locate the actual implementation or instantiates a default implementation.

The cert.provider.x509v1 property is set to a default implementation for X.509 such as:

cert.provider.x509v1=com.sun.security.cert.internal.x509.X509V1CertImpl

The value of this cert.provider.x509v1 property has to be changed to instantiate another implementation. If this security property is not set, a default implementation will be used. Currently, due to possible security restrictions on access to Security properties, this value is looked up and cached at class initialization time and will fallback on a default implementation if the Security property is not accessible.

Note: The classes in the package javax.security.cert exist for compatibility with earlier versions of the Java Secure Sockets Extension (JSSE). New applications should instead use the standard Java SE certificate classes located in java.security.cert.

*get-instance clj

(*get-instance in-stream)

Instantiates an X509Certificate object, and initializes it with the data read from the input stream inStream. The implementation (X509Certificate is an abstract class) is provided by the class specified as the value of the cert.provider.x509v1 security property.

Note: Only one DER-encoded certificate is expected to be in the input stream. Also, all X509Certificate subclasses must provide a constructor of the form:

public <subClass>(InputStream inStream) ...

in-stream - an input stream with the data to be read to initialize the certificate. - java.io.InputStream

returns: an X509Certificate object initialized with the data from the input stream. - javax.security.cert.X509Certificate

throws: javax.security.cert.CertificateException - if a class initialization or certificate parsing error occurs.

->x-509-certificate clj

(->x-509-certificate)

Constructor.

check-validity clj

(check-validity this)

(check-validity this date)

Checks that the specified date is within the certificate's validity period. In other words, this determines whether the certificate would be valid at the specified date/time.

date - the Date to check against to see if this certificate is valid at that date/time. - java.util.Date

throws: javax.security.cert.CertificateExpiredException - if the certificate has expired with respect to the date supplied.

get-issuer-dn clj

(get-issuer-dn this)

Gets the issuer (issuer distinguished name) value from the certificate. The issuer name identifies the entity that signed (and issued) the certificate.

The issuer name field contains an X.500 distinguished name (DN). The ASN.1 definition for this is:

issuer Name

Name ::= CHOICE { RDNSequence } RDNSequence ::= SEQUENCE OF RelativeDistinguishedName RelativeDistinguishedName ::= SET OF AttributeValueAssertion

AttributeValueAssertion ::= SEQUENCE { AttributeType, AttributeValue } AttributeType ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER AttributeValue ::= ANY The Name describes a hierarchical name composed of attributes, such as country name, and corresponding values, such as US. The type of the AttributeValue component is determined by the AttributeType; in general it will be a directoryString. A directoryString is usually one of PrintableString, TeletexString or UniversalString.

returns: a Principal whose name is the issuer distinguished name. - java.security.Principal

get-not-after clj

(get-not-after this)

Gets the notAfter date from the validity period of the certificate. See getNotBefore for relevant ASN.1 definitions.

returns: the end date of the validity period. - java.util.Date

get-not-before clj

(get-not-before this)

Gets the notBefore date from the validity period of the certificate. The relevant ASN.1 definitions are:

validity Validity

Validity ::= SEQUENCE { notBefore CertificateValidityDate, notAfter CertificateValidityDate }

CertificateValidityDate ::= CHOICE { utcTime UTCTime, generalTime GeneralizedTime }

returns: the start date of the validity period. - java.util.Date

get-serial-number clj

(get-serial-number this)

Gets the serialNumber value from the certificate. The serial number is an integer assigned by the certification authority to each certificate. It must be unique for each certificate issued by a given CA (i.e., the issuer name and serial number identify a unique certificate). The ASN.1 definition for this is:

serialNumber CertificateSerialNumber

CertificateSerialNumber ::= INTEGER

returns: the serial number. - java.math.BigInteger

get-sig-alg-name clj

(get-sig-alg-name this)

Gets the signature algorithm name for the certificate signature algorithm. An example is the string "SHA-1/DSA". The ASN.1 definition for this is:

signatureAlgorithm AlgorithmIdentifier

AlgorithmIdentifier ::= SEQUENCE { algorithm OBJECT IDENTIFIER, parameters ANY DEFINED BY algorithm OPTIONAL } -- contains a value of the type -- registered for use with the -- algorithm object identifier value

The algorithm name is determined from the algorithm OID string.

returns: the signature algorithm name. - java.lang.String

get-sig-alg-oid clj

(get-sig-alg-oid this)

Gets the signature algorithm OID string from the certificate. An OID is represented by a set of positive whole numbers separated by periods. For example, the string "1.2.840.10040.4.3" identifies the SHA-1 with DSA signature algorithm, as per the PKIX part I.

See getSigAlgName for relevant ASN.1 definitions.

returns: the signature algorithm OID string. - java.lang.String

get-sig-alg-params clj

(get-sig-alg-params this)

Gets the DER-encoded signature algorithm parameters from this certificate's signature algorithm. In most cases, the signature algorithm parameters are null; the parameters are usually supplied with the certificate's public key.

See getSigAlgName for relevant ASN.1 definitions.

returns: the DER-encoded signature algorithm parameters, or null if no parameters are present. - byte[]

get-subject-dn clj

(get-subject-dn this)

Gets the subject (subject distinguished name) value from the certificate. The ASN.1 definition for this is:

subject Name

See getIssuerDN for Name and other relevant definitions.

returns: a Principal whose name is the subject name. - java.security.Principal

get-version clj

(get-version this)

Gets the version (version number) value from the certificate. The ASN.1 definition for this is:

version [0] EXPLICIT Version DEFAULT v1

Version ::= INTEGER { v1(0), v2(1), v3(2) }

returns: the version number from the ASN.1 encoding, i.e. 0, 1 or 2. - int