Java Webstart is broken world-wide

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    • Type: Bug
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • Priority: P2
    • None
    • Affects Version/s: 8u45
    • Component/s: deploy
    • x86_64
    • linux_ubuntu

      FULL PRODUCT VERSION :


      A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
      securitypack.jar published in this ticket
      https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8077736

      is broken - probably isn't signed.

      So people all over the world get and exception mentioned here:
      http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29637592/unknown-securityexcetion-from-java-webstart-app

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      We saw this exception from 3 different customer installs today (4/14/2015) in the span of a 30 minutes.

      java.lang.SecurityException: Can not verify security pack jar
      com.sun.deploy.util.SecurityBaseline.verifyJar(Unknown Source)
      com.sun.deploy.util.SecurityBaseline.access$200(Unknown Source)
      com.sun.deploy.util.SecurityBaseline$1.run(Unknown Source)
      java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
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      REPRODUCIBILITY :
      This bug can be reproduced always.

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            Reporter:
            Webbug Group
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