Why getLocalCertificates always returns null

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jacksu - 12 Nov 2004 17:39 GMT

Hi all,

I have created a key using keytool and selfcer it. But when I calling
using the SSLSession.getLocalCertificates , I always got null.

Here are the entries in my list, any comments? Thanks a lot

jacktestkey, Fri Nov 12 12:35:39 EST 2004, keyEntry,
Certificate fingerprint (MD5):
CD:73:FD:EB:E6:4C:3A:E2:FF:26:38:25:E2:B4:79:FD
mykey, Thu Nov 11 15:44:18 EST 2004, trustedCertEntry,
Certificate fingerprint (MD5):
2D:41:4E:6A:2E:1C:51:DE:3C:58:9B:C8:44:73:E1:7A

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jacksu - 16 Nov 2004 19:25 GMT

> Hi all,
>
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> Certificate fingerprint (MD5):
> 2D:41:4E:6A:2E:1C:51:DE:3C:58:9B:C8:44:73:E1:7A

After digged arround, it appears that this method only return certs
which sent out. So in most case, server SSL will have value for this
method. Client SSL will have return value only when server SSL
required client certificates.

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