LITTLEBLACKDOG.COM

There is a bug with the 1.6.0 version of Java that renders the Java Chat client inoperative. You will be able to connect, but it will get to the "Trying to connect to server, please wait..." part and stop.

An inspection of the Java Console shows the following:

Quote:
JPilot jIRC applet version 2.8.4, Reg v3
http://www.jpilot.com
Detected docbase=www.littlewhitedog.com
Licensehost=littlewhitedog.com
Failed to start Ident daemon or it has already running.
Exception in thread "IRC Protocal Engine Thread" java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.net.SocketPermission irc.wasteland.org resolve)
at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkConnect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(Unknown Source)
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(Unknown Source)
at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(Unknown Source)
at java.net.InetAddress.getByName(Unknown Source)
at java.net.InetSocketAddress.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Unknown Source)
at f.<init>(Unknown Source)
at x.j(Unknown Source)
at x.run(Unknown Source)

This is the result of a known bug with Java 1.6.0. From the Sun Bug Database:

Quote:

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The 1.6 plugin seems to ignore signed JAR files that don't contain ".jar" in their file name during the verification process of the JAR file certificates while the classloader manages to load any class from these archives. This behaviour is very confusing because both the 1.6 JDK tools and the previous plugin versions accept such files while there is no restriction made in the documentation/release notes of the 1.6 plugin.

This was working in both the 1.4 and 1.5 plugins.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
(1) Create a (J)Applet class that needs a signed context (e.g. by calling
'System.getProperty("user.home")' from inside the "init()" method)
(2) Compile it, put the class file(s) into a jar file and sign this jar file
(3) Create a HTML file containing an "applet" tag with this jar file in the "archive" path
(4) Open this file in the plugin/browser

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
- a security warning dialog pops up and asks for permisson
- the applet succeeds to perform a restricted action after granting this permisson
ACTUAL -
- no security dialog shows up
- the applet fails to do its task

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
Exception reported: "AccessControlException: Permission denied: ..." due to a missing signed applet context.

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:50 am Post subject:

This can be fixed (currently) by backing your jre down to 1.5.0

I don't remember how to do that, but.. Smile

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:22 am Post subject:

fathertyme wrote:
This can be fixed (currently) by backing your jre down to 1.5.0

I don't remember how to do that, but..

rd /q /s "c:\program files\java"

Install desired Java version.

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:30 pm Post subject:

could someone try this with Java 1.6.0 again?

I've recv'd word from the author of Jpilot that even though its a JRE error, he did get a fix in place. I've uploaded the new version (no real changes, just a minor change to get around the 1.6.0 bug.)

let me know if its fixed Smile

-Tyme

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:45 am Post subject:

fathertyme wrote:
could someone try this with Java 1.6.0 again?

I've recv'd word from the author of Jpilot that even though its a JRE error, he did get a fix in place. I've uploaded the new version (no real changes, just a minor change to get around the 1.6.0 bug.)

let me know if its fixed

-Tyme

I just tried it, and it still does the same. I even went into IE and cleared all the objects (except the JRE objects), and also cleared temp net files, cookies, etc and tried again... When I reboot I will try it again, as Explorer crashed during the process (and is too late for me, I needs my beauty sleep).