Leo, Thanks a lot. I am using the java ssl libraries so i set javax.net.debug=all (i also set proxy and prroxyhost settings to allow outgoing http/https connections) and got a bunch of information. basically, i get several pages of this:
> adding as trusted cert: [ > [ > ... > ] > Algorithm: [MD2withRSA] > Signature: > 0000: B6 00 1F 93 57 A4 07 A7 40 CE 65 40 3F 55 5E ED [EMAIL PROTECTED]@?U^. > ... > ] > then it went to this : > init context > trigger seeding of SecureRandom > at which point it hangs. now i have worked with SecureRandom before, and I know they don't take hours to generate. What is the SecureRandom doing that could be causing this stall? are there more debug properties that i can set to get more info? thanks again, -peter Leo de Blaauw wrote: > > > Hi, > > I would also switch on ssl debug in a case like this trough system > property: > javax.netl.debug=... the value depends a litle on your ssl > implementation, but > for the sun ssl libraries it is: > > System.setProperty("javax.net.debug", "all"); > > For ibm ssl the value should be true... > > Just run a litle test java program from a cmd line with this enabled. > > Greetings, > Leo > > ps: who had his fair shair of ssl troubles.... > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: peter anthony cowan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Verzonden: vrijdag, maart 2004 6:20 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: Re: Trouble with HTTPS/SSL and Axis > > so since i'm using java 1.4 i can just remove those three files from > the > classpath? > (actually, they're in the tomcat boot and system jar directoriess) > > do i need to have a keystore in the system properties in order to do > outgoing > ssl connections with axis? or should an axis client just run via https > > so long as > the correct libraries exist? > > thanks, > -peter > > Charles Simon wrote: > > > This sounds like a mismatch or incomplete JAR files. > > > > First off if you are using Java 1.4 you do not need the separate SSL > > > stuff, its bundled in. > > > > If you are using 1.3 then you need to add the following JARs to your > > > client app's classpath. > > jsse.jar > > jcert.jar > > jnet.jar > > > > peter anthony cowan wrote: > > > > >When I attempt to run a SOAP client that goes to a secure > > >destination (https), upon invoking the call object the program > > >hangs. No exceptions are cast, nothing happens at all, it just > > >stalls indefinitely. We are running the latest Axis along with > > >Tomcat 4.04, behind the apache web server, which handles > > >the SSL duties for tomcat. I've checked to make sure we > > >have jsse.jar, and we do. I have done further testing and > > >found that when attempting just to secure an SSLSocket > > >Connection the same hanging problem ensues. Does any > > >one know what the problem is here? How can I make java > > >happy with these outgoing HTTPS connections? Also note, > > >we are not going to be running a WS Hosts, just clients. Any > > >advice would be much appreciated. > > > > > >thanks, > > >-peter > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > De informatie verzonden met dit e-mail bericht is uitsluitend bestemd voor de > geadresseerde. Openbaarmaking, vermenigvuldiging, verspreiding en/of verstrekking > van deze informatie aan derden is niet toegestaan. Indien dit bericht niet voor u > bestemd is, verzoeken wij u vriendelijk dit bericht te retourneren zodat dit in de > toekomst kan worden voorkomen. Ondanks het feit dat IZA Nederland al haar e-mail > berichten controleert op virussen, staat zij niet in voor het virusvrij verzenden > c.q. > ontvangen van deze berichten. >