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When using the SeaLights test listener as a javaagent in WebSphere, it fails to connect to our server with the exception Cannot find the specified class ClassNotFoundException for com.ibm.websphere.ssl.protocol.SSLSocketFactory

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[SEALIGHTS] (... <Certificate chain received from hostname - xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx --> app.sealights.co failed hostname verification check. Certificate contained *.sealights.co but check expected app.sealights.co>) Error: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Cannot find the specified class com.ibm.websphere.ssl.protocol.SSLSocketFactory
java.net.SocketException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Cannot find the specified class com.ibm.websphere.ssl.protocol.SSLSocketFactory
	at javax.net.ssl.DefaultSSLSocketFactory.a(SSLSocketFactory.java:10)
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Cause

This is a known issue with WebSphere when SSL is enabled and using a JDK from the WebSphere Application Server (see references below).

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