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How to convert certificate from PEM to JKS?

I have to convert a certificate in PEM format into an Java key store. To use this one with tomcat at a windows server I’ve got those files: cert_request.csr cert_public_key.pem cert_private_key.pem cert.txt I tryed to combine the pem files (by combining the two files were chain together) and converted t…

Java 7 support of AES-GCM in SSL/TLS?

According to Java 7 documentation as well as third party vendors, it appears Java 7 should support AES-GCM suites: ibm java 7 java 7 ssl doc I was hitting some errors in negotiation between client and server unable to negotiate a cipher due to restricting it to only the AES-GCM ciphers. After investigation I …

jndi LDAPS custom HostnameVerifier and TrustManager

We are writing an application that shall connect to different LDAP servers. For each server we may only accept a certain certificate. The hostname in that certificate shall not matter. This is easy, when we use LDAP and STARTTLS, because we can use StartTlsResponse.setHostnameVerifier(..-) and use StartTlsRes…