Re: Problem opening pkcs12 files using IBM's JRE 1.5.0 on Windows

Andi Mullaraj 02/23/2006 12:13:48 PM:
> does anybody have an idea why this (trivial) piece of code
 
> public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
>     java.security.KeyStore keyStore =
>       java.security.KeyStore.getInstance("pkcs12");
>     java.io.InputStream is = new 
java.io.FileInputStream("\\test2048.pfx");
>     keyStore.load(is, "test".toCharArray());
> }
 
> will throw the exception "java.io.IOException: Private key
> decryption error: (java.security.InvalidKeyException: Illegal key
> size)"
 
> **This will work fine with all Sun's JREs and also with IBM's JRE
> **1.4.**

I don't know the answer, but I notice that the folks who maintain the
IBM Java Information Manager say

http://w3.hursley.ibm.com/java/comms/comments.html
>> Service & Support: Adrian Loram <[email protected]>

who hopefully can answer your question, or refer you to someone who
can. (Note that as a non-IBMer you won't be able to view any
URL.beginsWith("w3").)