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

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• VIP Service

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 the VIP certificate and the password are valid. To test from a browser, import the certificate into the browser and access this endpoint: “https://vipuserservices-auth.symantec.com/vipuserservices/AuthenticationService_1_4”. If the password is not valid, a 400/404 error will occur.