Hello again... I just tried this with some an IPv6 address in: /var/lib/rhpki-ca/conf/flatfile.txt Explicitly: -- UID=2001:a::1 PWD=123456 -- Here's the error trail... --- # tail -f /var/log/pki-ca/debug [23/Apr/2009:18:30:03][http-9180-Processor24]: operation=PKIOperation [23/Apr/2009:18:30:03][http-9180-Processor24]: message=MIIHWQYJK ... hK1frjNF9w+FCAIahXRKFlQmGEVJ8IU5bBRiS1hfjjybPD3XDWb0B4UZjyr/JFYcE/3gwnw== [23/Apr/2009:18:30:03][http-9180-Processor24]: Processing PKCSReq [23/Apr/2009:18:30:03][http-9180-Processor24]: getConn: mNumConns now 2 [23/Apr/2009:18:30:03][http-9180-Processor24]: returnConn: mNumConns now 3 [23/Apr/2009:18:30:03][http-9180-Processor24]: decryptedP10bytes: 30 82 01 cf 30 82 01 38 02 01 00 30 3e 31 16 30 ... 3f ad 12 05 05 05 05 05 [23/Apr/2009:18:30:03][http-9180-Processor24]: Found profile=caRouterCert [23/Apr/2009:18:30:03][http-9180-Processor24]: Retrieving authenticator [23/Apr/2009:18:30:03][http-9180-Processor24]: Got authenticator=com.netscape.cms.authentication.FlatFileAuth [23/Apr/2009:18:30:03][http-9180-Processor24]: FlatFileAuth: concatenating string i=0 keyAttrs[0] = UID [23/Apr/2009:18:30:03][http-9180-Processor24]: FlatFileAuth: authenticating user: finding user from key: 2001:a:0:0:0:0:0:1 [23/Apr/2009:18:30:03][http-9180-Processor24]: handlePKIMessage exception java.lang.NullPointerException java.lang.NullPointerException at com.netscape.cms.authentication.FlatFileAuth.authenticate(FlatFileAuth.java:462) at com.netscape.cms.servlet.cert.scep.CRSEnrollment.authenticate(CRSEnrollment.java:276) at com.netscape.cms.servlet.cert.scep.CRSEnrollment.postRequest(CRSEnrollment.java:1378) at com.netscape.cms.servlet.cert.scep.CRSEnrollment.handlePKCSReq(CRSEnrollment.java:1282) at com.netscape.cms.servlet.cert.scep.CRSEnrollment.handlePKIOperation(CRSEnrollment.java:671) at com.netscape.cms.servlet.cert.scep.CRSEnrollment.service(CRSEnrollment.java:231) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:172) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:548) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:174) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:875) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:689) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636) [23/Apr/2009:18:30:03][http-9180-Processor24]: Service exception javax.servlet.ServletException: Failed to process message in CEP servlet: null --- I tried with an IPv4 address again. --- [23/Apr/2009:19:29:40][http-9180-Processor25]: Found profile=caRouterCert [23/Apr/2009:19:29:40][http-9180-Processor25]: Retrieving authenticator [23/Apr/2009:19:29:40][http-9180-Processor25]: Got authenticator=com.netscape.cms.authentication.FlatFileAuth [23/Apr/2009:19:29:40][http-9180-Processor25]: FlatFileAuth: concatenating string i=0 keyAttrs[0] = UID [23/Apr/2009:19:29:40][http-9180-Processor25]: FlatFileAuth: authenticating user: finding user from key: 200.1.0.1 [23/Apr/2009:19:29:40][http-9180-Processor25]: handlePKIMessage exception java.lang.NullPointerException java.lang.NullPointerException at com.netscape.cms.authentication.FlatFileAuth.authenticate(FlatFileAuth.java:462) at com.netscape.cms.servlet.cert.scep.CRSEnrollment.authenticate(CRSEnrollment.java:276) at com.netscape.cms.servlet.cert.scep.CRSEnrollment.postRequest(CRSEnrollment.java:1378) at com.netscape.cms.servlet.cert.scep.CRSEnrollment.handlePKCSReq(CRSEnrollment.java:1282) at com.netscape.cms.servlet.cert.scep.CRSEnrollment.handlePKIOperation(CRSEnrollment.java:671) at com.netscape.cms.servlet.cert.scep.CRSEnrollment.service(CRSEnrollment.java:231) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:172) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:548) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:174) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:875) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:689) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636) [23/Apr/2009:19:29:40][http-9180-Processor25]: Service exception javax.servlet.ServletException: Failed to process message in CEP servlet: null -- Same NullPointerException even after restarting pki-ca. Any ideas?