I encountered a very similar problem this morning, changed to java 8.0 (from 7.0) & was OK (both 31-bit). IBM seems to have just started "enforcing" the ftps (vs. ftp) since my last maintenance (a couple of weeks ago), so I suspect their enforcement also involved changes for those of you already dutifully using ftps. The sample RECINET program to test this stuff (secure ftp) still works wiith java 7.0.
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