JDK 15 Security Enhancements

13 Oct 2020

JDK 15 was released on September 15, 2020! As with my previous blogs for JDK 14, JDK 13, and JDK 12, I have compiled a list of what I think are the most interesting and useful security enhancements in this release. I have also grouped them into appropriate categories (crypto, TLS, etc) which should make it easier to find out what has changed in each specific area. The JDK 15 Release Notes also contain further details on these and other enhancements.

The most significant security feature of this release is support for the Edwards-curve Digital Signature Algorithm, which offers improved security and performance over other signature algorithms. See the Crypto section for more information.

Table of Contents

  1. Crypto
  2. PKI
  3. TLS
  4. Tools

Crypto

PKI

TLS

Tools