2-way handshake fails / "hanskake failure"

Question

I'am trying to set up a 2-way hanshake with a server (Nortel Alteon SSL Accelerator).
I have the client certificate on my keystore as well as the CA Root certificate in the signers.
My java client works just fine if no client authentication is required by the server.
Also, if I test the 2-way handshake with my browser (IE), I have no problem to establish the connection after it prompted me for the appropriate (client) certificate (which I've imported into IE).
So I wonder if there is particular thing to define at the application level to explicitely return the client certificate at runtime (just like I do by clicking on the button in the IE popup) ?
Here is the main properties from JSSE, I'm using :
try {
// Use Sun's reference implementation of a URL handler
// for the HTTPS URL protocol
System.setProperty("java.protocol.handler.pkgs",
"com.sun.net.ssl.internal.www.protocol");
// Registers dynamically Sun's ssl provider.           
Security.addProvider(new com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider());
// Specify the location of the truststore file
// truststore file contains key material for the TrustManager
// This file takes precedence over jssecacerts and cacerts
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", _trustStorePath);
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword",
_trustStorePassword);
endpoint = new java.net.URL(rpcrouter_address);
Here is the exception I get :
stackTrace: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: handshake failure
     at com.ibm.jsse.bd.a(Unknown Source)
     at com.ibm.jsse.bd.startHandshake(Unknown Source)
Tks for the help.
--MAS

Answer 1

Tanks for the attention ...
At first, I used the same file :
Ref : System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", _trustStorePath);
Then, I realized that it might be better to use a different one for the keys, so I've imported the client certificate into a new file and add in my code :
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStore",_keyStorePath);
But I always get the same exception :
javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException "handshake failure"
On the server's side, I have that client certificate defined. I still wonder if every thing is fine with the Alteon config (these Nortel's things are tricky ...) but again when I simulate the client authentication within IE, it works just fine.
--MAS