Final resolution on JCE exceptions and Tomcat (3.2.1)?

[Doug Fields]

Hello all,

Today I encountered the same problem as several others (based upon my 
search of the archive on mikal.org) regarding using Sun JCE 1.2.1 in a web 
app deployed in Tomcat (3.2.1) by putting the four jar files in the 
WEB-INF/lib dir. That is, it throws a SecurityException (see below).

There were to suggestions made:

1) Add -Djava.protocol.handler.pkgs=sun.net.www.protocol to the java 
command for starting tomcat
2) Move the 4 jar files into the tomcat lib dir

The first doesn't work for me.

The second isn't acceptable in the long term, and I'd like to avoid it in 
the short term as well. The other problem, is, it doesn't work for me: I 
get a NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/crypto/provider/SunJCE.

I fixed that by moving the tomcat dir out of "Program Files" which allowed 
the classpath to be set properly.

So, in the end, I got it working with option #2, above.

Does anyone know how to get it working by putting the JCE files into the 
lib dir of the web application (WEB-INF/lib)? Does this work propertly in 
Tomcat 4?

Thanks,

Doug

2001-04-29 05:42:03 - Ctx( X ): Exception in: R( X + /Login + null) - 
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: java.lang.SecurityException: Cannot 
set up certs for trusted CAs
         at javax.crypto.b.<clinit>([DashoPro-V1.2-120198])
         at javax.crypto.Cipher.getInstance([DashoPro-V1.2-120198])
         at X.User.<clinit>(User.java:200)
         at X.servlet.Login.processRequest(Login.java:137)
         at X.servlet.Login.doPost(Login.java:197)
         at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
         at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
         at 
org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doService(ServletWrapper.java:404)
         at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:286)
         at 
org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:372)
         at 
org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManager.java:797)
         at 
org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:743)
         at 
org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnection(HttpConnectionHandler.java:210)
         at 
org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:416)
         at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:498)
         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)