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From the Sun website, download the JCE Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files 6 Release Candidate.
Unpack the ZIP file - it will contain two jar files: local_policy.jar and US_export_policy.jar.
On our Ubuntu boxes we use the packages sun-java6-jdk, sun-java6-bin, and sun-java6-jre. The files in question are stored in /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/security.
After that you app supports and prefers Replace the default jar files with the ones you downloaded, then restart your app. It should now support 256 bit ciphers:
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Accepted SSLv3 256 bits DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA Accepted SSLv3 256 bits AES256-SHA Accepted TLSv1 256 bits DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA Accepted TLSv1 256 bits AES256-SHA |
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