title: Does anyone know how to use StartCom SSL without keystore in Java OR use a custom keystore?
body: <p>I have found the following post, which I think I may help because I need a way of verifying my website (that my java application connects to) without having to use the java keystore:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.mombu.com/programming/java/t-ssl-for-java-without-keystores-1366416.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mombu.com/programming/java/t-ssl-for-java-without-keystores-1366416.html</a></p>
  
  <p>However, I'm quite new to the world of SSL and don't know which files and passwords I need to use, so if anybody can point me in the right direction that would be great. If you didn't guess, I got my SSL certificate from StartSSL, who are ran/owned/something by StartCom Ltd. Here is a post I used for putting  the details into the keystore:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://forum.startcom.org/viewtopic.php?t=1390" rel="nofollow">https://forum.startcom.org/viewtopic.php?t=1390</a></p>
  
  <p>Thanks in Advance!</p>
  
  <p><strong>Alternitively, is there any way for me to use a custom keystore. i.e I'll do what I need with the default keystore and then copy the keystore into the .JAR so that I can tell my application to use the one in the .JAR instead of the one in the Java install directory, etc...</strong></p>