You would have to write your own HTTPS class in Java and handle the SSLException that is thrown that leads to the connection failure that you are experiencing. (realy old article hear: http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javatips/jw-javatip96.html) you need to look for something more up to date on how to do that.
Have you tried to access the site the certificate was issued for to see whether that one is still valid and does the same thing? Normally, the supplier should consider changing their URL to match the certificate (Best Practice) as they would have this problem with everyone attempting to connect. Cheers, -Bilal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:306997 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4