Web Services, SSL, and self-signed server certificates
This question has come up again recently by a customer and I thought I'd post about it again. The customer downloaded the SDK, compiled the java sample applications, and tried to run them against one...
Published Mar 25, 2005
Version 1.0
Frank, thanks for the pointer. I haven't posted this solution to my blog (I guess I should). A DevCentral user uploaded a sample class to our CodeShare section that will hook itself into the stack without a rebuild of the 3rd party library (I've tested with axis and WSSOAP). Check out the XTrust JSSE Provider sample over in CodeShare. Your calling application needs only the following line:
 
 
XTrustProvider.install(); 
 
Pretty slick... 
 
-Joe