Java signed applet certificate revoked only on mac OSX10.7 (Lion)

Question

I have a signed applet that works fine on windows, Mac <= 10.6, and linux. However, on OSX lion, the signing certificate is revoked. Here is the security debug info from the java console:

security: Loading certificates from Deployment session certificate store
security: Loaded certificates from Deployment session certificate store
security: Loading Root CA certificates from from keychain
security: Loaded Root CA certificates from from keychain
security: Validate the certificate chain using CertPath API
security: Obtain certificate collection in Root CA certificate store
security: Obtain certificate collection in Root CA certificate store
security: Obtain certificate collection in Root CA certificate store
security: jpicertstore.cert.getkeystore
security: No timestamping info available
security: Cannot find jurisdiction list file
security: The CRL support is enabled
security: PC Operating Center
security: ObjectId: 2.5.29.31 Criticality=false
CRLDistributionPoints [
  [DistributionPoint:
     [URIName: http://crl.thawte.com/ThawteCodeSigningCA.crl]
]]

security: Thawte Code Signing CA
security: ObjectId: 2.5.29.31 Criticality=false
CRLDistributionPoints [
  [DistributionPoint:
     [URIName: http://crl.thawte.com/ThawtePremiumServerCA.crl]
]]

security: Use CRL setting from certificate
security: The OCSP support is enabled
security: PC Operating Center
security: ObjectId: 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.1.1 Criticality=false
AuthorityInfoAccess [
  [
   accessMethod: 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.48.1
   accessLocation: URIName: http://ocsp.thawte.com]
]

security: This certificate does not have AIA extension
security: Use OCSP setting from certificate
network: Cache entry not found [url: http://crl.thawte.com/ThawtePremiumServerCA.crl, version: null]
network: Connecting http://crl.thawte.com/ThawtePremiumServerCA.crl with proxy=DIRECT
network: Connecting http://crl.thawte.com:80/ with proxy=DIRECT
network: Downloading resource: http://crl.thawte.com/ThawtePremiumServerCA.crl
    Content-Length: 181,278
    Content-Encoding: null
network: Wrote URL http://crl.thawte.com/ThawtePremiumServerCA.crl to File /Users/koutbo6/Library/Caches/Java/cache/6.0/38/2fb889a6-30a08967-temp
network: Connecting http://ocsp.thawte.com/ with proxy=DIRECT
network: Connecting http://ocsp.thawte.com:80/ with proxy=DIRECT
network: CleanupThread used 990300 us
network: Connecting http://ocsp.thawte.com/ with proxy=DIRECT
network: Connecting http://ocsp.thawte.com:80/ with proxy=DIRECT
security: This certificate has been revoked
Ignored exception: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path validation failed: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Certificate has been revoked

Would appreciate any tips on how to get the signed applet to work on Lion.

UPDATE:

here is the serial number for the cert: 28 A9 29 38 64 0D FC 5D 7D 1D 05 CE 7F 1D 81 E0

I noticed the following, on snow leopard, if I go to advanced settings of java preferences and enable "Check certificates for revocation using CRL" I get the same issue as in lion.

I check lion java preferences and the option was disabled yet the certificate is still revoked

On snow leopard, I disabled the option again and everything works fine

Answer 1

Maybe Java uses the global preference settings in the "Keychain Access" application? This application can be found under Applications > Utilities > Keychain Access.

Default settings indicate:

Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP): Best attempt
Certificate Revocation List (CSP): Best attempt
Priority: OCSP

You could verify if the application accepts your certificate if you (temporarily) turn OCSP and CRL off.

In any case, you should probably not be using a revoked certificate... :-)

Answer 2

Have you tried it on a non-lion machine that has never run your applet before? Maybe the other machines that you tested with already trust your applet.