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I am trying to set the Java system property jsse.enableSNIExtension to false, but when I try running this java just outputs help information:

java -Djsse.enableSNIExtension=false

What am I doing wrong?

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You forgot the name of the class to run. Normally Java programs are run like this:

$ java MainClass
$ java -jar foobar.jar

You can use -D to set system properties, but you still need the class or JAR to run:

$ java -Djsse.enableSNIExtension=false MainClass
$ java -Djsse.enableSNIExtension=false -jar foobar.jar

As far as I know you can't set system properties permanently; even if you did it programmatically it would only be for that run, so you need to keep passing the -D flag each time you run whatever it is that's not working

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thanks for you answer. Is there possibility to change that variable on client side ? – mibzer Aug 16 '12 at 10:01
@mibzer I don't know what you mean by "client side" – Michael Mrozek♦ Aug 16 '12 at 13:55
I mean by changing this variable not by connecting to server and change it but rather doing it over Java Console. – mibzer Aug 27 '12 at 8:24

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