Problems running SSL connection using JRUN 4.0/JDK 1.4.2

Question

Hi,
Our project is to run a SSL connection to FedEx. When we test the connection with WebSphere 5.0 test server, it connected and worked. But, when we tested with our environment (JRUN4), exception thrown:
The following are the exceptions:
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socket = (SSLSocket)factory.createSocket("gateway.fedex.com", 443);
causes the error:
java.net.SocketException: Export restriction: this JSSE implementation is non-pluggable.
Which implies that we are trying to use a SSL impementation other than Sun's, which is not allowed in JDK 1.4.x. Googleing for similar cases confirms that creating SSL sockets has been problematic for JDK 1.4.x users in particular.
However, the following code
SSLSocketFactory factory = (SSLSocketFactory)SSLSocketFactory.getDefault();
System.out.println("Classname: "+factory.getClass().getName());
produces
Classname: javax.net.ssl.DefaultSSLSocketFactory
This seems to imply that we are using the Sun SSL implementation. So I am not sure what could be causing the error. Have any you ever run into this particular problem before and if so what is your recommendation?
Any idea, thinking is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Answer 1

I have plenty of HD space (130GB) left, so that's not the problem.
Actually, the amount of free space is not nearly as relevant to the issue as the % of free space.  If your HD is over about 50% full, especially doing video, there will be performance degradation compared to an HD that is less than about 50% full.  It's the physics of the hard drive.  In addition, if you are working on HD video you can easily need 50-100GB per hour of video for working storage & render files.  And if you render multiple times, FCE is not good at cleaning up old render files, so multiple renders take more & more disk space. The only effective way to clean out old render files is to manually delete them from your FCE  /Render Files folder.  And it's nearly impossible to tell which render files are actually in current use, so you end up having to delete them all and then re-render your entire timeline if you really want to free up disk space.
To answer your question about upgrading, yes, once you install Snow Leopard you should be able to update to 10.6.8 via Software Update.  That's how I've always done it.
If your black Macbook is the one I suspect it is, the official max is 4GB RAM but it appears it will work with 6GB.  Overall, the system specs are on the low side for FCE 4
As for still images, I have generally found sizing them to no more than 2x your video frame size works pretty well.  Larger than that, FCE will be discarding lots of pixels to fit the image into your video frame.   You need to consider the actual pixel dimensions of your image, not the embedded resolution or dpi.  Actual pixel dimensions are what's important.  The larger your jpeg image the more pixels will be discarded, so images that are much larger than your frame size are not advisable.