--- John Southerland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> All,
>
> I have recently tried to move my xmlrpc server app
> to a new os, AIX 5.2
> running Java 1.3.1 and tried 1.4, every time I try
> to startup a
> SecureWebServer, that works fine in Solaris and
> Linux, I get an IOException
> from the constructor with the text:
> "com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider"
>
> I realize this is most likely an IBM JRE issue, but
> the security properties
> look fine, and I am definitely not overriding the
> system wide configuration.
>
> This is actually a simple configuration, and since
> it works well on other
> operating systems, I was wondering if anyone else
> has encountered errors
> like this, or has any ideas on how I should
> continue. I'm now officially
> stumped.
>
>
>
> Also,
>
> To add some comedy to this https problem, my non
> secure "backup" non ssl
> webserver (also the builtin xmlrpc server) starts
> fine on the server but the
> client gets an IOException on connect with the text
> "Remote host closed
> connection during handshake", not much of a backup
> connectivity method is
> it?
>
>
>
> So please help me if you can, am I crazy, or is IBM
> to blame?
>
> Thanks in advance, John
>
>
>
> John Buren Southerland
>
> Southerland Consulting
>
> 801.467.8090(office)
>
> 214.734.8099(cell)
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
I'm pretty sure IBM 1.4 should have the SSL and
support https. I know I had to do some stuff to get
1.3.1 working though. I had to install the separate
packages using the AIX install tool. I downloaded the
packages from IBMs java site....the SSL and HTTPs
stuff is separte. I then had to load the SSL provider
by:
System.setProperty("java.protocol.handler.pkgs","com.sun.net.ssl.internal.www.protocol");
Security.addProvider(new
com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider());
This was for some Axis stuff I was doing.
You can do this with text files in the java
distribution, but I couldn't figure out what all I had
to edit to get this just right in the IBM 1.3.1 VM.
See:
For Sun SSL for 1.3.x:
http://java.sun.com/products/jsse/index-103.html
IBM Java Extensions (native libs have to be installed
and all the goodies for ssl to work
(Java131.ext.security):
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/aix/service.html
1.4.2 should already have the SSL stuff in it by
default, but since your code or XML-RPC which ever is
trying to directly use the Sun packages you'll have to
also install the Sun SSL extensions from above
(possibly). I had to do some stuff to get Axis
working right on AIX. The main reason was the
examples and underlying code of this service I had to
create.
Looking in the XML-RPC SunSSLTransportFactory.java
file which is the transport you will end up using
defaultly I see the provider lines I mention above.
So, you don't have to add the lines I have provided
above. Simply installing the IBM ssl extensions for
1.3.1 and adding the Sun SSL packages to your ext
directory of that JDK/JRE or adding the Sun SSL
packages to your ext directory for the 1.4.2/1 (which
ever) directory should get you going. However, using
the CommonsXmlRpcTransport directly instead of using
the default call methods might be a better thing for
you to do (some additions to your code and maybe a
little refactoring)...I'm not sure if the HttpClient
will use it's own SSL provider or what...someone else
might be able to tell you more about this.
Hope it helps,
Wade
