java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: System property jdk.tls.namedGroups(null) contains no supported elliptic curves

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Issue

  • After updating to java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.141, java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.131-2.6.9.0.el7_3, and java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.131-2.6.9.0.el5_11, SSL no longer functions in my application and clients cannot connect. 
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: System property jdk.tls.namedGroups(null) contains no supported elliptic curves
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SupportedEllipticCurvesExtension.<clinit>(HelloExtensions.java:567)
  • Tomcat HTTPS Connector no longer accepts connections after updating Java.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

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