{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ssllabs/ssllabs-scan/issues/277","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ssllabs/ssllabs-scan/issues/277/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ssllabs/ssllabs-scan/issues/277/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ssllabs/ssllabs-scan/issues/277/events","html_url":"https://github.com/ssllabs/ssllabs-scan/issues/277","id":121382500,"number":277,"title":"Assessment failed: Unknown EC curve: ffff","user":{"login":"rob-collins","id":11303687,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11303687?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/rob-collins","html_url":"https://github.com/rob-collins","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rob-collins/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rob-collins/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rob-collins/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rob-collins/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rob-collins/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rob-collins/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rob-collins/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rob-collins/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rob-collins/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ssllabs/ssllabs-scan/labels/invalid","name":"invalid","color":"e6e6e6"}],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":6,"created_at":"2015-12-10T01:43:05Z","updated_at":"2015-12-14T21:09:15Z","closed_at":"2015-12-14T12:48:58Z","body":"My scan results in the following error message:\r\n\r\nAssessment failed: Unknown EC curve: ffff\r\n\r\nCan you provide more information about what this error means? Thanks!"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ssllabs/ssllabs-scan/issues/comments/164560492","html_url":"https://github.com/ssllabs/ssllabs-scan/issues/277#issuecomment-164560492","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ssllabs/ssllabs-scan/issues/277","id":164560492,"user":{"login":"rob-collins","id":11303687,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11303687?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/rob-collins","html_url":"https://github.com/rob-collins","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rob-collins/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rob-collins/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rob-collins/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rob-collins/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rob-collins/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rob-collins/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rob-collins/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rob-collins/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rob-collins/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-12-14T21:09:15Z","updated_at":"2015-12-14T21:09:15Z","body":"I am writing a follow-up to help anyone that stumbles across this or a similar issue. I was able to work around this problem by making the following change in jre/lib/security/java.security:\r\n\r\n> security.provider.1=sun.security.provider.Sun\r\n> security.provider.2=sun.security.rsa.SunRsaSign\r\n> **security.provider.3=org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.BouncyCastleProvider**\r\n> **#security.provider.3=sun.security.ec.SunEC**\r\n> security.provider.4=com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider\r\n> security.provider.5=com.sun.crypto.provider.SunJCE\r\n> security.provider.6=sun.security.jgss.SunProvider\r\n> security.provider.7=com.sun.security.sasl.Provider\r\n> security.provider.8=org.jcp.xml.dsig.internal.dom.XMLDSigRI\r\n> security.provider.9=sun.security.smartcardio.SunPCSC\r\n\r\nI included the Bouncy Castle jars in lib/ext and swapped in the BC provider in place of the SunEC provider."}}