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On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Alan McKinnon<alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Monday 29 June 2009 20:31:07 Paul Hartman wrote: |
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>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Alan McKinnon<alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> |
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> wrote: |
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>> > Hi all, |
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>> > |
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>> > The company has a Juniper Secure Connect VPN and I run amd64. The process |
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>> > is: log in via a web page in a browser, click a button and the page |
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>> > starts a java APP to create the ssl tunnel - a full blown Swing app, not |
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>> > a mere applet. |
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>> > |
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>> > I've only ever got this Java app to run in 32 bit Firefox with the |
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>> > java-x86- emul package. 64 bit Firefox, Konqueror, Opera all fail. I've |
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>> > tried sun-jdk, sun-jre (nsplugin and nsplugin-2), blackdown and icedtea. |
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>> > |
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>> > The only thing that works is firefox-bin with a 32bit jvm. The app |
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>> > doesn't do much in the way of logging so I don't know why it's failing. |
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>> > This strikes me as odd: |
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>> > |
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>> > A java app is bytecode that is independent of platform. It should make no |
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>> > difference whether a 32bit or 64bit jvm executes the bytecode as the |
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>> > format of the Java Virtual Machine and it's bytecode is constant. |
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>> > |
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>> > Surely? |
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>> According to my Google search results, a 64-bit Sun Java plug-in has |
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>> been provided starting with Java SE 6 Update 12 Build 02. You should |
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>> be able to select your preferred plug-in and virtual machine using |
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>> eselect (I don't think I have tried it... I can't remember the last |
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>> time I encountered a Java applet on the web) |
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> I said in my original post that I had tried a 64 bit jre without success. It's |
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> also NOT an applet - it continues to run as it's own full-blown process even |
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> after the browser exits. |
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> |
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> And the correct commands to configure system and user vm's were executed each |
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> time. |
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Okay, I misunderstood. It looks like it may be a Juniper-related |
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problem and not a Java problem. I have used Java Web Start apps using |
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64-bit java on my system and it works fine, but googling juniper vpn |
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shows several people on various distros having problems similar to |
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yours. This page appears to have some info about what you need to do |
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in order to get it going: http://mad-scientist.us/juniper.html (from |
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an Ubuntu perspective) |
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There are some sample JWS apps on |
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http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/desktop/javawebstart/demos.html |
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if you want to make sure your Java Web Start is working. |
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Since 64-bit Java from Sun is so new, I didn't really see many |
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references to the Juniper VPN from a 64-bit standpoint (just people |
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trying to get it working with 32-bit JWS in a 64-bit browser etc). One |
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person said they installed the 32-bit JVM to use with the VPN and used |
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64-bit with everything else. You may need to be the trailblazer. :) |
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