Cannot find the specified class com.ibm.websphere.ssl.protocol.SSLSocketFactory

Troubleshooting

Problem

In IBM Rational Application Developer (RAD) v8.0.x and WebSphere Application Server Developer Toolkit for Eclipse (WDT) v8.0.x, using the Eclipse plugin for Microsoft Visual Studio Team Explorer Everywhere (TEE) 2010 with SP1 (v10.1), you encounter a socket exception when trying to connect to a Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) server via HTTPS with an error.

Symptom

The full error message is:
java.net.SocketException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Cannot find the specified class com.ibm.websphere.ssl.protocol.SSLSocketFactory

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Document Information

More support for:
Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software

Software version:
7.0, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.0.10, 7.0.0.2, 7.0.0.3, 7.0.0.4, 7.0.0.5, 7.0.0.6, 7.0.0.7, 7.0.0.8, 7.0.0.9, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.5.2, 7.5.3, 7.5.4, 7.5.5, 7.5.5.1, 7.5.5.2, 7.5.5.3, 7.5.5.4, 7.5.5.5, 8.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 8.0.4.1, 8.5

Operating system(s):
Windows, Linux

Document number:
204625

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21584437

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