Hi, Would anyone care to take a guess at whether using the BouncyCastle JCE would help get around this "invalid modulus size" error message? I had a bit of a play with it last week but without much luck.
Thanks Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: Oleg Kalnichevski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, June 12, 2004 10:30 pm Subject: Re: Invalid RSA modulus size > Tim, > > This is believed to be a limitation of all Sun's JCE/JSSE > implementations up to Java version 1.5. You can try testing your > application with Java 1.5-b2 to see if the problem has indeed been > fixed. Alternatively consider using IBM Java 1.4 or 3rd party JCE/JSSE > implementations which _may_ not exhibit the same limitation > > HTH > > Oleg > > On Sat, 2004-06-12 at 05:36, Tim Wild wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm using HttpClient to connect to an apache server that > requires > > certificates. When I use client and server certificates from my > own CA > > with 1024 bit keys it works perfectly. When I get a commercial > > certificate with a longer key (4096 bits), I get the following > error > > (full message below) when I connect to apache: > > > > javax.net.ssl.SSLProtocolException: java.io.IOException: subject > key, > > Unknown key spec: Invalid RSA modulus size. > > > > Google produced one result, which talked about a maximum key > size using > > the JCE of 2048 bits using the JDK 1.4.2 default policy files. > Another > > site suggested getting the unrestricted policy files, so I got > and > > installed them, but it doesn't seem to make any difference at all. > > > > Does anyone have any thought or suggestions? Half formed thoughs > or > > ideas are welcome as it might give me a lead that I can follow > myself.> > > Thanks > > > > Tim Wild > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: commons-httpclient-dev- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: commons-httpclient-dev- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Attention: The information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. Thank You. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
