javax.crypto on a servlet

My application validates a license file in order for it to work. It does this by calling javax.crypto.Cipher.getInstance("DES","SunJCE") inorder to decipher the license key file.

When I run my application locally everything works fine but when I deploy my application with jboss and get to the point where I want to validate the license file on the servlet, I get the following error:

java.lang.SecurityException: JCE cannot authenticate the provider SunJCE
at javax.crypto.Cipher.getInstance(DashoA13*..)
at javax.crypto.Cipher.getInstance(DashoA13*..)

Like I said, it works fine from command prompt and eclipse, but not as a servlet on jboss. Does anybody have any idea what I need to do? I am using jdk 1.6 and jboss as 7.

Thanks

The only thing I can think of is that you somehow refer to a different JCE jar than the one that comes with 1.6, e.g. an older version. It's included in Java so there is no need to supply it. Most of the time, unless you have specific requirements, there is no need to indicate the provider anyway, just let Java look up the first one (it may e.g. be hardware accellerated on servers, or use a native provider such as NSS).

By the way, in 1.7 there is no specific need to sign providers anymore, but the signature still gets validated *if it is present*.