In working on a different problem (related to RMI), I upgraded the system\'s \"security folder\" with the \"unlimited strength\" policy files and now my applicaiton fails in
This could happen if there are standard policy jar files somewhere in the classpath. I suggest to find and replace all the local_policy.jar and us_export_policy.jar files with the unrestricted versions of these jars in your machine. If you are using IBM's WAS/Portal Server/RAD, here is the link to the unrestricted JCE policy jars.