Install Oracle JDK with JCE Unlimited on Amazon Linux

Opt for the OpenJDK when possible as it's now the reference Java implementation. Occasionally I still run into the need for older encryption ciphers such as ECDHE. While you could custom load Bouncy Castle as a BouncyCastleProvider, I tend to opt for the Oracle implementation + JCE at that point.

wget --no-check-certificate --no-cookies --header "Cookie: oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie" "http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/8u74-b02/jdk-8u74-linux-x64.rpm"
sudo yum -y localinstall jdk-.rpm
rm -fR jdk-.rpm
/usr/sbin/alternatives --config java


install JCE 8

wget --no-check-certificate --no-cookies --header "Cookie: oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie" "http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jce/8/jce_policy-8.zip"
unzip jce_policy-8.zip

mv /usr/java/default/jre/lib/security/local_policy.jar /usr/java/default/jre/lib/security/local_policy.jar.backup
mv /usr/java/default/jre/lib/security/US_export_policy.jar /usr/java/default/jre/lib/security/US_export_policy.jar.backup
mv UnlimitedJCEPolicyJDK8/*.jar /usr/java/default/jre/lib/security/
rm -f jce_policy-8.zip

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