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DataStage Web Service stage error - javax.net.ssl.SSLKeyException: RSA premaster secret

Troubleshooting


Problem

Users may encounter "javax.net.ssl.SSLKeyException: RSA premaster secret" when trying to use a Web Service Client stage to connect to a web service

Symptom

The entire stack trace is available in the job log:


com.ascentialsoftware.wsclient.ServiceInvocationException: Service invocation exception: <Fault xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <faultcode xmlns="">Server.userException</faultcode>
   <faultstring xmlns="">javax.net.ssl.SSLKeyException: RSA premaster secret error</faultstring>
   <detail xmlns="">
    <stackTrace xmlns="http://xml.apache.org/axis/">javax.net.ssl.SSLKeyException: RSA premaster secret error
 at com.ibm.jsse2.jb.&lt;init&gt;(jb.java:90)
 at com.ibm.jsse2.lb.a(lb.java:522)
 at com.ibm.jsse2.lb.a(lb.java:349)
 at com.ibm.jsse2.kb.s(kb.java:545)
 at com.ibm.jsse2.kb.a(kb.java:530)
 at com.ibm.jsse2.SSLSocketImpl.a(SSLSocketImpl.java:79)
 at com.ibm.jsse2.SSLSocketImpl.h(SSLSocketImpl.java:437)
 at com.ibm.jsse2.SSLSocketImpl.a(SSLSocketImpl.java:142)
 at com.ibm.jsse2.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:686)
 at org.apache.axis.components.net.JSSESocketFactory.create(JSSESocketFactory.java:224)
 at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.getSocket(HTTPSender.java:157)
 at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.invoke(HTTPSender.java:114)
 at org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java:71)
 at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:150)
 at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:120)
 at org.apache.axis.client.AxisClient.invoke(AxisClient.java:180)
 at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invokeEngine(Call.java:2564)
 at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2553)
 at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1753)
 at com.ascentialsoftware.wsclient.OperationCall.invoke(OperationCall.java:285)
 at com.ascentialsoftware.wsclient.WebService.callServiceInternal(WebService.java:1685)
 at com.ascentialsoftware.wsclient.WebService.callService(WebService.java:1591)
 at com.ascentialsoftware.wsclient.WebService.callService(WebService.java:1544)
 at com.ascentialsoftware.wspack.Transformer.process(Transformer.java:105)
 at com.ascentialsoftware.jds.StageFactory.runStage(StageFactory.java:544)
 at com.ascentialsoftware.jds.StageFactory.runTransformer(StageFactory.java:361)
Caused by: java.security.InvalidKeyException: Illegal key size or default parameters
 at javax.crypto.Cipher.a(Unknown Source)
 at javax.crypto.Cipher.a(Unknown Source)
 at javax.crypto.Cipher.a(Unknown Source)
 at javax.crypto.Cipher.init(Unknown Source)
 at com.ibm.jsse2.jb.&lt;init&gt;(jb.java:3)
 ... 25 more
</stackTrace>
   </detail>
  </Fault>
 at com.ascentialsoftware.wsclient.OperationCall.handleRemoteException(OperationCall.java:388)
 at com.ascentialsoftware.wsclient.OperationCall.invoke(OperationCall.java:293)
 at com.ascentialsoftware.wsclient.WebService.callServiceInternal(WebService.java:1685)
 at com.ascentialsoftware.wsclient.WebService.callService(WebService.java:1591)
 at com.ascentialsoftware.wsclient.WebService.callService(WebService.java:1544)
 at com.ascentialsoftware.wspack.Transformer.process(Transformer.java:105)
 at com.ascentialsoftware.jds.StageFactory.runStage(StageFactory.java:544)
 at com.ascentialsoftware.jds.StageFactory.runTransformer(StageFactory.java:361)

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Modified date:
25 April 2025

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