I think this is pretty clear:
http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/1.2/docs/https.html
The Java plug-in does not handle HTTPS. It delegates that to the browser.
So (1) try different browsers. (2) complain to the browser bug sites.
Absolutely nothing to be done in Jmol.
Bob
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Michael Evans <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello all—I'm serving a ton of Jmol applets through a wiki that employs
> SSLv3 encryption. These applets suddenly broke, giving a "bad_record_mac"
> error, when we updated to SSLv3 on campus due to a bug (see below).
>
> As a result of this bug, CITES has modified all of our web server
>> configurations to use only SSLv3 encryption. Most all browsers are fine
>> with this change, but it can cause problems with some Java programs that
>> use the HTTPClient Java library for web connections, which I suspect the
>> Jmol applet does.
>>
>
>
>> In order to fix the problem, I believe that you'll need to make a change
>> to the Jmol source code to configure HTTPClient to explicitly use SSLv3.
>> This change was required for a number of Java tools that we run internally
>> at CITES. I wish I had an easier fix to suggest, but I don't have the
>> option to undo the CITES security change. Hopefully you have access to the
>> Jmol source code. If not, you may need to request this change from the Jmol
>> developers.
>
>
> Two questions: (1) does Jmol use the HTTPClient library? (2) can the
> library be configured to explicitly use SSLv3 encryption? If the change is
> straightforward and modifying the release branch is undesirable, I can
> modify my own copy of the source. Thanks for the help!
>
> Cheers, Mike
>
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> Mike Evans
> Organic Chemistry Graduate Student, Moore Group
> University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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