Java, and SSL certificate problems.

[LeafWind]

Now that the new puter is finally running solid and stable (contrary to compatibility information, AMD K6-2 400 mhz CPU's do not co-operate with ASUS MB's, though 380 mhz chips are fine), it's time to tackle some of the other annoying quirks of this machine.

First, I cannot run any Java applets in Netscape.[nbsp][nbsp]I get the following set of popup error messages:

#Error: Issuer certificate is invalid. (-8156)
#[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]jar file: C:\PROGRAM
FILES\NETSCAPE\COMMUNICATOR\PROGRAM\java\classes\java40.jar
#[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]path:[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp] C:\PROGRAM
FILES\NETSCAPE\COMMUNICATOR\PROGRAM\java\classes\java40.jar


I press the OK button, and the next message appears:


#Error: Issuer certificate is invalid. (-8156)
#[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]jar file: C:\PROGRAM
FILES\NETSCAPE\COMMUNICATOR\PROGRAM\java\classes\ifc11.jar
#[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]path:[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp] C:\PROGRAM
FILES\NETSCAPE\COMMUNICATOR\PROGRAM\java\classes\ifc11.jar


Again I press the OK button (there is nothing else), and I get:


Java reported the following error on startup:

jav.lang.SecurityException: system classes were not signed.


I press OK again, and I get the site, without the Java.

This only happens the first time I try to load a page with a Java applet in any browser session.[nbsp][nbsp]After that, I just get the pages with no Java, without the error messages, even for pages I have not visited before.

I have completely uninstalled and re-installed Netscape (Communicator 4.5 with 128-bit encryption), but no help.[nbsp][nbsp]I do have Java enabled in my preferences.

Java applets do run in IE5, but IE5 realllly rubs me the wrong way, so I'd like to get this fixed in Netscape.

The second problem may be related, so I'll also ask about it in this same post.

Every time I go to a secure site, I get a "New Site Certificate" Assistant window from Netscape, telling me it does not recognize the signer of the certificate.[nbsp][nbsp]It then asks me if I want to look at it myself so I can decide whether to visit the site or not.[nbsp][nbsp]The signer is invariably "RSA Data Security, Inc."

I then get three options to choose from:
1) Accept this site for this session
2) Do not accept this certificate and do not connect
3) Accept this certificate forever (until it expires)

Only the first and second options work.[nbsp][nbsp]If I choose the third, the whole assistant cycles through again.

Again, this is with Netscape Communicator 4.5, 128-bit encryption, which had this problem before and so it got uninstalled and then reinstalled, but the problem remains.[nbsp][nbsp]I ran the same version of NS on the other computer with no problems at all.

So . . . any ideas?[nbsp][nbsp]Is my computer just extremely paranoid, or what?[nbsp][nbsp]Is there a cure?[nbsp][nbsp]It's not urgent, just extremely tedious.

Thanks for any input.

Bekariso

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Leonardo: Neighbours, you are tedious.
Dogberry: It pleases your worship to say so, but we are the poor duke's officers; but truly, for mine own part, if I were as tedious as a king, I could find it in my heart to bestow it all on your worship.
Leonardo: All thy tediousness, ah?
Dogberry: Yea, and 'twere a thousand pound more than it is.

~ Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
~ Act III, Scene 5