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Run old ILO/DRAC Java Consoles

If you have older hardware with ILO/DRACs you may have experiecend the problem of the JVM not willing to start the console redirect application due to missing signatures or no longer accepted algorithms.

The sledgehammer solution to this is as simple as potentially dangerous: Instruct Java to basically accept anything (in the Java security file, with me /opt/icedtea-bin-3.7.0/jre/lib/security/java.security): 

#jdk.jar.disabledAlgorithms=MD2, MD5, RSA keySize < 1024, DSA keySize < 1024
#if you want to run oold ilos use this line:
jdk.jar.disabledAlgorithms=

Just remember to restore the original line after you've done what ever had to be done on the console ;)