> I hit something similar a few days ago (NoSuchAlgorithmException even > though BC was providing it) and it got fixed by unsigning the provider > jar. Maybe there is a bootstrapping problem verifying the signed BC > provider jar ? I'm not sure if there is an open JIRA issue on this.
The problem is: to verify signature of BC.jar some classes from BC.jar are required. So if BC.jar is unsigned, verification of other jar files should work. Thanks, Mikhail