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Hi HP- This issue is probably moot, but it appears to be an issue with proxy settings in the browser. Here's what I found with a google search: http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5127788 I don't have experience with using proxies, but perhaps the info there will help. Don Murray > I am here in Muscat (Omann) for a training event. I note that both, > over the University network and over a broadband service of a local ISP > (Nawras), the U-MARF ordering tool and IDV do not launch properly with > webstart. In all cases the attached security exception is issued after > *.jnlp has started. The same notebook with XP was used as back home > where things are running smoothly. any idea what could go wrong? > > Of course, there are certain issues with accessing internet sites here, > but I would have never expected it for webstart. There is no problem > with IDV as there is a file for local installation available. It is > different for the U-MARF tool where only webstart is possible. Poor > people (including me) here that are barred from accessing our > marvellous wealth of archived data. > > as salaam, HP > > > java.net.MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: socket > at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source) > at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source) > at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source) > at java.net.URI.toURL(Unknown Source) > at com.sun.deploy.net.proxy.DeployProxySelector.connectFailed(Unknown Source) > at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) > at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source) > at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) > at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.BaseSSLSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) > at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source) > at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) > at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) > at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.<init>(Unknown Source) > at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(Unknown Source) > at > sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown > Source) > at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Source) > at > sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(Unknown > Source) > at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.connect(Unknown Source) > at com.sun.deploy.net.BasicHttpRequest.doRequest(Unknown Source) > at com.sun.deploy.net.BasicHttpRequest.doGetRequestEX(Unknown Source) > at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.isUpdateAvailable(Unknown Source) > at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.isUpdateAvailable(Unknown Source) > at com.sun.javaws.LaunchDownload.isUpdateAvailable(Unknown Source) > at com.sun.javaws.Launcher$RapidUpdateCheck.run(Unknown Source) > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: NLE-748910 Department: Support IDV Priority: High Status: Open