VIP Web Services | Exception: java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException: Error constructing implementation

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• Symantec Products

Issue/Introduction

User encounters the following exception when invoking VIP User Services API:

getServerTime(), Exception : java.net.SocketException: java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException: Error constructing implementation (algorithm: Default, provider: SunJSSE, class: com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.DefaultSSLContextImpl)
Server Time = null
GetTokenInformation(), Exception : java.net.SocketException: java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException: Error constructing implementation (algorithm: Default, provider: SunJSSE, class: com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.DefaultSSLContextImpl)
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 1 second)
 

Cause

The password provided for the VIP certificate was not correct.

 

Resolution

Verify that the VIP certificate and the password is valid outside of the client's java application by importing the certificate into the browser and accessing this endpoint: “https://vipuserservices-auth.symantec.com/vipuserservices/AuthenticationService_1_1”