Version 11.0.21.0

The new features and functions available with this release are listed here.

This refresh contains the latest IBM® fixes, the most recent OpenJDK level, and the following new features.

OpenJ9 features

This release contains features from the latest release of the Eclipse OpenJ9 project, as listed in the Version 0.41 OpenJ9 user documentation.

Other features

This release contains the following new features.

Support is added for additional digest HASH algorithms for RSA OAEP in IBMJCECCA provider

The IBMJCECCA provider's RSA wrapping and unwrapping with OAEP feature now supports 3 additional digest HASH algorithms - SHA224, SHA384 and SHA512. Note that OAEP with SHA512 padding requires an RSA key size of 2048.

Methods to authenticate and change password by using APPLID added to Java Security SAF interface

The Java for z/OS System Authorization Facility (SAF) interface's PlatformUser class has been updated to authenticate the user and change user password with Application Identifier (APPLID). For more information, see PlatformUser API.