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Improved Performance of TLS 1.3 in Java JDK 8

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Summary

  1. TLS 1.3 in Azure Services

    • Azure services have started to roll out support for TLS 1.3, with improved security and performance.

  2. Java 8 Support

    • Oracle backported TLS 1.3 support to Java 8, addressing performance issues in Azure SDK for Java applications.

  3. Performance Improvement

    • A bug affecting TLS 1.3 performance in Java 8 applications was identified and fixed, resulting in a significant performance gain of 30 times.

  4. Backport Efforts

    • Backporting the fix to JDK 8 involved additional patches and effort to ensure the performance gains were achieved.

  5. Upcoming Updates

    • Look out for the July updates of JDK 8 from Eclipse Temurin and other distributions, which will include critical patches for TLS 1.3 support in Java 8 applications.