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
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Joe_Pruitt
Jul 06, 2005
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