FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.7.0_45"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_45-b18)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.45-b08, mixed mode)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601], Linux, Mac

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Please cancel my previous bug report # 9007513

System.getProperty do not work anymore for properties that do not start with .jnlp if the JNLP file is not signed. Since I need those properties to start my app and select sql drivers and such, all hell break loose...

https://forums.oracle.com/message/11239354
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19400725/with-java-update-7-45-the-system-properties-no-more-set-from-jnlp-tag-property/19405626#19405626




REGRESSION. Last worked in version 7u40

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Backward compatibility with Java 7. Especially with you pushing people to update as soon as possible when they start java applications.
OR
A yellow warning in webstart for now ?

That change was also NOT specified in the release notes.
ACTUAL -
Application breakage, undefined behavior...

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Application and JNLP changes. Many JNLP changes for many differents customer's servers.

Signing the JNLP, which is impossible to do with properties that will vary from deployment to deployment (customer's servers). If you want us to sign our JNLP files, we will need something like the canonicalization/transforms of XMLSignatures.