use BouncyCastle as a library vs a JCE provider

[jclouds]

in jclouds, we'd like to make tools that can be completely contained in a single jar. Ex. http://skife.org/java/unix/2011/06/20/really_executable_jars.html

While sshj uses BouncyCastle as a JCE provider, this is not possible due to signed jar issues. It complicates things and many forget to put it separately or have to screw with their shade config, etc. In general, while a good idea, it introduces some accidental complexity.

Can we move sshj to just use BouncyCastle libraries? In doing so apps like jclouds don't need to dance around JCE issues, makine a much cleaner experience.

[shikhar]

agreed, this will make sshj usage more straightforward

[petergardfjall]

Has there been any progress on this issue? I'm facing the exact same issue as described here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19815748/sshj-and-the-maven-shade-plugin

That is, I'm trying to create an executable jar file with the sshj "baked in" but I'm failing to use sshj since the bouncycastle jar file seems to be unusable as a JCE provider in such a setup.

[hierynomus]

A PR would be welcome. Currently bit short on time to implement this.

[Zlika]

This issue is really annoying for Java EE applications, where we use to deploy an uber WAR file including all the dendencies. Because of that I had to switch from sshj to Jsch :-(

[hierynomus]

I will try to solve this in 1.0.0 (which introduces more breaking changes)...

[dkocher]

Great. I suppose this will also resolve #188.

[hierynomus]

Yes, I will make it switchable so that on Android you can use Spongy

2015-04-21 10:36 GMT+02:00 David Kocher notifications@github.com:

Great. I suppose this will also resolve #188 https://github.com/hierynomus/sshj/issues/188.

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[raskasa]

@jclouds @hierynomus I'm assuming this is still an issue. As we wait for the release of v1.0.0, what is the recommended workaround solution for developers that want to bundle their apps as uber/fat jars?

For my project, I'm using Gradle to create my uber jar (as opposed to Maven Shade).

[igkins]

@jclouds @hierynomus @raskasa has there been any progress on this? we also have the exact use case where we must use a shade jar.

[wilx]

Welp, I think I have hit this as well.

[FearlessHyena]

Same here. Did anyone find a workaround for this?

[daum]

Hit this myself.

[MrThomasWagner]

Just hit this myself. Going to try a different library :(

[wilx]

Why does the code even try to force BouncyCastle? I tried to disable the BouncyCastle provider registration and I have changed some to not depend on it and most tests pass. It seems to me that the only major failing part is the Elliptic Curves stuff. It seems to me recent JDK should provide enough to implement at least few viable combinations of algorithms for SSH connections.

diff --git a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/DefaultConfig.java b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/DefaultConfig.java
index 00eb521..3d4e737 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/DefaultConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/DefaultConfig.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class DefaultConfig
     }

     protected void initKeyExchangeFactories(boolean bouncyCastleRegistered) {
-        if (bouncyCastleRegistered) {
+        if (true || bouncyCastleRegistered) {
             setKeyExchangeFactories(
                     new Curve25519SHA256.Factory(),
                     new Curve25519SHA256.FactoryLibSsh(),
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public class DefaultConfig
     }

     protected void initFileKeyProviderFactories(boolean bouncyCastleRegistered) {
-        if (bouncyCastleRegistered) {
+        if (true || bouncyCastleRegistered) {
             setFileKeyProviderFactories(
                     new OpenSSHKeyV1KeyFile.Factory(),
                     new PKCS8KeyFile.Factory(),
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/common/SecurityUtils.java b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/common/SecurityUtils.java
index eb4bab0..01d4335 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/common/SecurityUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/common/SecurityUtils.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class SecurityUtils {
     private static String securityProvider = null;

     // relate to BC registration (or SpongyCastle on Android)
-    private static Boolean registerBouncyCastle;
+    private static Boolean registerBouncyCastle = false;
     private static boolean registrationDone;

     public static boolean registerSecurityProvider(String providerClassName) {

[nmoreaud]

What is the impact of disabling bounty castle ? Will there be corner cases with some remote machines ? Less encryption models supported ?

I also had a problem with bounty castle because my vagrant vbox vm didn't have enough entropy (rndnd was not installed by default).