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Initial Bouncy Castle Migration Guide#251

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This PR adds an initial Bouncy Castle Migration guide (English).

make bc-migration

Creates HTML and PDF output:

./build/BouncyCastle-Migration-html/
./build/BouncyCastle-wolfSSL-Migration-Guide.pdf

Current content outline:

  1. Introduction
  2. Overview of Differences
  3. JCE Provider Migration
  4. JSSE Provider Migration
  5. BC Proprietary API Migration
  6. FIPS 140-3 Considerations
  7. Troubleshooting
  8. Support

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Pull request overview

Adds an initial English “Bouncy Castle Migration Guide” to the documentation build system, including a new make target to generate PDF/HTML output alongside existing manuals.

Changes:

  • Add BouncyCastle-Migration/ manual (MkDocs + Pandoc header + chapters 1–8).
  • Wire the new manual into the root build (make bc-migration and make all) and README build list.
  • Provide migration guidance for JCE/JSSE usage, FIPS considerations, troubleshooting, and support.

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File Description
README.md Documents the new make bc-migration build target.
Makefile Adds bc-migration target and includes it in all.
BouncyCastle-Migration/Makefile Defines sources and output PDF name for the new manual.
BouncyCastle-Migration/mkdocs.yml MkDocs config and navigation for the migration guide site build.
BouncyCastle-Migration/header.txt Pandoc PDF header customization for page breaks/headers/code wrapping.
BouncyCastle-Migration/src/chapter01.md Introduction, audience, scope, and motivation.
BouncyCastle-Migration/src/chapter02.md High-level differences between BC and wolfSSL Java providers.
BouncyCastle-Migration/src/chapter03.md JCE provider migration and WKS KeyStore migration guidance.
BouncyCastle-Migration/src/chapter04.md JSSE provider migration guidance.
BouncyCastle-Migration/src/chapter05.md Proprietary BC API migration examples (cert extensions, SANs, RSA, utilities).
BouncyCastle-Migration/src/chapter06.md FIPS 140-3 considerations for wolfJCE/wolfJSSE usage.
BouncyCastle-Migration/src/chapter07.md Troubleshooting and common migration issues.
BouncyCastle-Migration/src/chapter08.md Support channels and related documentation links.

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@cconlon cconlon assigned padelsbach and unassigned cconlon Feb 12, 2026
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padelsbach previously approved these changes Feb 13, 2026
@padelsbach padelsbach assigned wolfSSL-Bot and unassigned padelsbach Feb 13, 2026
@padelsbach padelsbach merged commit cbeb4c6 into wolfSSL:master Feb 13, 2026
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