Java Web Start: Unable to tunnel through proxy since Java 8 Update 111

Question

Some of our customers cannot run our Java Web Start client anymore since Java 8 Update 111. They get:

java.io.IOException: Unable to tunnel through pr

Answer 1

If you require to do this at runtime you can set the value of the jdk.http.auth.proxying.disabledSchemes property by adding

System.setProperty("jdk.http.auth.tunneling.disabledSchemes", "");

to the main method of your application.