In regards to this document: http://w6.metronet.com/~wjm/tomcat/2001/Aug/msg00494.html I do not believe jsse will work with 1.1.8. There are some native java classes that are missing in JDK 1.1.8 that are required by jsse specifically: java.security.PrivilegedAction. This is required in the java.security.Security.addProvider(new com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider()) method that is required to allow connections to use secure urls such as ldaps https etc. I don't have security access to the java.security file so I have to do everything programmatically but from what I've read using the addProvider method in your code is equivalent to putting the security.provider.3=com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider line in the java.security file so it's not really necessary for us to edit the java.security file. I can have it changed but since our install of 1.1.8 is on a shared afs volume it may affect other servers that do not have jsse installed so I'm reluctant to do that just for testing purposes. Any suggestions? Thanks Lawrence Symms Systems Analyst OIT-Unversity of Maryland 3101 Mitchell Bldg 301-405-7259
