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ACS not compatible with ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) certificates.

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
java, python

Research direction

Look at the certificate loading code in ACS, likely in a security or SSL/TLS module. The error suggests the system only handles RSA keys. Start by searching for certificate parsing or key factory usage. Test with an ECC certificate to see where the failure occurs, and check if underlying libraries like BouncyCastle or Java's security providers need configuration. 'Done' means ACS accepts and uses ECC certificates without error.

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Description

bug
problem

Apparently, ACS is only capable of loading RSA certificates/keys and fails when using the more modern ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography).

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versions

All versions.

The steps to reproduce the bug
  1. Use CloudMonkey to upload a custom ECC certificate.
What to do about it?

Downgraded my automation to issue an RSA certificate instead :-/

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