How can I use certificate authentication with HttpsURLConnection?

Question

I\'m trying to connect to an HTTPS URL, but I need to use client authentication with a certificate placed on my system by third party software.

I haven\'t the slight

Answer 1

Turned out to be a Private Key issue since it was set as not exportable. As this meant I could only get the private key from the windows store, I caved and "Fixed" the issue with a lot of messing around to get the necessary jdk6 classes working without influencing the rest of the application too much.