8340815: Add SECURITY.md file

[gdams]

Hi all,

This pull request contains a backport of commit 0474f020 from the openjdk/jdk repository.

The commit being backported was authored by George Adams on 25 Sep 2024 and was reviewed by Mark Reinhold, Julian Waters and Erik Joelsson.

Thanks!

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Issue

• JDK-8340815: Add SECURITY.md file (Enhancement - P4 - Approved)

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• Andrew John Hughes (@gnu-andrew - Reviewer)

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@gdams This change now passes all automated pre-integration checks.

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8340815: Add SECURITY.md file

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At the time when this comment was updated there had been 3 new commits pushed to the master branch:

• 13e86fb: Merge
• 39221f8: 8337664: Distrust TLS server certificates issued after Oct 2024 and anchored by Entrust Root CAs
• f2d72b7: 8196770: Add JNDI test com/sun/jndi/ldap/blits/AddTests/AddNewEntry.java

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[openjdk]

This backport pull request has now been updated with issue from the original commit.

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[gdams]

/approval request applies cleanly - docs change only so low risk

[openjdk]

@gdams
8340815: The approval request has been created successfully.

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[gnu-andrew]

Backport confirmed clean.

I'm fine with adding this to 8u. I saw the change coming through the other update releases and considered backporting it myself. Thanks for doing so.

/approve yes

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@gnu-andrew
8340815: The approval request has been approved.

[gdams]

/integrate

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@gdams
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[phohensee]

/sponsor

[openjdk]

Going to push as commit b4264bc.
Since your change was applied there have been 3 commits pushed to the master branch:

• 13e86fb: Merge
• 39221f8: 8337664: Distrust TLS server certificates issued after Oct 2024 and anchored by Entrust Root CAs
• f2d72b7: 8196770: Add JNDI test com/sun/jndi/ldap/blits/AddTests/AddNewEntry.java

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@phohensee @gdams Pushed as commit b4264bc.

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