Dialog box warning - untrusted CA

Question

Hi,
I'm currently using the jre 1.42_08, and when I try to use a signed Applet with IE I have a dialog box with a warning on the signer certificate ( signer not trusted ... ) which appears.
The signer certificate is in the IE certificate store.
I saw that some people had the same issue with a previous jre (1.3) and that the solution was to import the signer certificate in *\lib\security\cacerts.
Isn't there any other solution with the 1.4 jre ?
thanks
laurent

Answer 1

Not sure if this helps but my 1.5 does seem to check IE cert store when opening a
signed applet:
From a full trace:
security: Loading certificates from Internet Explorer ROOT certificate store
security: Loaded certificates from Internet Explorer ROOT certificate store
security: Loading certificates from Internet Explorer TrustedPublisher certificate store
security: Loaded certificates from Internet Explorer TrustedPublisher certificate store
security: Checking if certificate is in Deployment permanent certificate store
security: Checking if certificate is in Deployment session certificate store
security: Checking if certificate is in Internet Explorer TrustedPublisher certificate store
To turn the full trace on (windows) you can start the java console, to be found here:
C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4...\bin\jpicpl32.exe
In the advanced tab you can fill in something for runtime parameters fill in this:
-Djavaplugin.trace=true -Djavaplugin.trace.option=basic|net|security|ext|liveconnect
if you cannot start the java console check here:
C:\Documents and Settings\userName\Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\deployment.properties
I think for linux this is somewhere in youruserdir/java (hidden directory)
add or change the following line:
javaplugin.jre.params=-Djavaplugin.trace\=true -Djavaplugin.trace.option\=basic|net|security|ext|liveconnect
for 1.5:
deployment.javapi.jre.1.5.0.args=-Djavaplugin.trace\=true -Djavaplugin.trace.option\=basic|net|security|ext|liveconnect
The trace is here:
C:\Documents and Settings\your user\Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\log\plugin...log
I think for linux this is somewhere in youruserdir/java (hidden directory)
Print out the full trace of the exception:
try{...}catch(Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}