JDK 26 was released on March 17, 2026! As with my previous blogs , 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 26 release notes also contain further details on these and…
JDK 26 was released on March 17, 2026! As with my previous blogs , 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 26 release notes also contain further details on these and…
JDK 25 was released on September 16, 2025! As with my previous blogs , 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 25 release notes also contain further details on these…
JDK 24 was released on March 18, 2025! As with my previous blogs , 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, PKI, etc) which should make it easier to find out what has changed in each specific area. The JDK 24 release notes also contain further details on these and…
JDK 23 was released on September 17, 2024! As with my previous blogs , 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, PKI, etc) which should make it easier to find out what has changed in each specific area. The JDK 23 release notes also contain further details on these…
JDK 22 was released on March 19, 2024! As with my previous blogs , 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 22 release notes also contain further details on these and…
JDK 21 was released on September 19, 2023! As with my previous blogs , 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 21 release notes also contain further details on these…
JDK 20 was released on March 21, 2023! As with my previous blogs , 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 20 release notes also contain further details on these and…
JDK 19 was released on September 20, 2022! As with my previous blogs , 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, PKI, etc) which should make it easier to find out what has changed in each specific area. The JDK 19 release notes also contain further details on these…
JDK 18 was released on March 22, 2022! As with my previous blogs , 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, PKI, etc) which should make it easier to find out what has changed in each specific area. The JDK 18 release notes also contain further details on these and…
JDK 17 was released on September 14, 2021! As with my previous blogs , 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 17 release notes also contain further details on these…
JDK 16 was released on March 16, 2021! As with my previous blogs , 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 16 release notes also contain further details on these and…
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…
JDK 14 has been released! As with my previous blogs for 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 14 Release Notes also contain details on these and…
JDK 13 has been released! As with my JDK 12 blog , I have gathered up a list of the most interesting and useful security enhancements in this release. And as before, I have 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 13 Release Notes also contains details on these and other enhancements. Table…
JDK 12 has been released! Although there are no major security features in this release, there are quite a few smaller enhancements and useful additions. Below, I have enumerated the enhancements which I think are most interesting. I have also grouped them into appropriate categories (TLS, crypto, etc) which should make it easier to find out what has changed in each specific area. Crypto New…