Private key decryption error: Unsupported keysize or algorithm

2 years ago

Originally Published: 2008-09-04

Article Number

000042859

Applies To

RSA Key Manager Client
Java Client

Issue

Private key decryption error: Unsupported keysize or algorithm
Trying to initialize Java Client gives the following exception:

com.rsa.kmc.KMException: Error loading KeyStore
        at com.rsa.kmc.x.G.a(Unknown Source)
        at com.rsa.kmc.x.G.a(Unknown Source)
        at com.rsa.kmc.KMConfig.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at RKM_Monitor.run(RKM_Monitor.java:48)
        at RKM_Monitor.main(RKM_Monitor.java:116)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Private key decryption error: (java.lang.SecurityException: Unsupported keysize or algorithm parameters)
        at com.ibm.crypto.provider.PKCS12KeyStore.engineLoad(Unknown Source)
        at java.security.KeyStore.load(KeyStore.java:695)
        at com.rsa.kmc.x.G.a(Unknown Source)
        at com.rsa.kmc.x.G.a(Unknown Source)
        at com.rsa.kmc.KMConfig.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at RKM_Monitor.run(RKM_Monitor.java:48)
        at RKM_Monitor.main(RKM_Monitor.java:116)

Cause

The JCE Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy files are not installed.

Resolution

Install the JCE Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy files. The locations are listed in the Prerequisites section of the Release Notes:

Table 1. JDK Locations
JDK Version Download Location
1.4 http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html
5 http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp
6 http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

UPDATE: Java SE Downloads page:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

Java Platform Technology Downloads page (JCE policy files for 1.4.2, 5.0, and 6.0):
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javasebusiness/downloads/java-archive-downloads-java-plat-419418.html

Don't see what you're looking for?

Related Articles

Trending Articles