weblogic ssl with custom truststore

Is it possible that weblogic uses a custom ssl socket implementation? I'm running into a problem with the JavaMail. Trying to use a smtp ssl connection fails even though I've setup a custom truststore with the mailserver ca. However if I set the javax.net.ssl.trustStore property to use a truststore with the mailserver ca everything works.

This makes me think that w开发者_JS百科eblogic uses their custom sockets or custom config for sockets. While JavaMail relies on the standard mechanisms and will not take into account what's in the weblogic custom truststore.

Any ideas?

(posted as an answer - thanks!)

WebLogic Server doesn't use custom socket implementation that I'm aware of. I've integrated it in the past with a number of client applications or other servers. That being said, SSL is gloriously frustrating to get working right. Can you post the exceptions/errors you're getting in your logs when WebLogic Server tries to make the connection? If you're not seeing anything in the logs, depending on the version of WebLogic Server you're using, there are a number of debug flags you can enable to get more information.

By default WebLogic uses the Certicom SSL implementation. My experience of this library has been nothing but grief. You haven't provided any details of the error but I would enable the Sun implementation to see if that helps. In the "Advanced" tab in the SSL-configuration there is a checkbox called "Use JSSE SSL" which will do it.

Or you can do it with system properties like so:

http://weblogic-wonders.com/weblogic/2010/11/09/enforce-weblogic-to-use-sun-ssl-implementation-rather-than-certicom/