importing certificates in java

Here are a few points that I would like to remember (when I have to do this again).

• Use IE (not firefox) and visit the secure site that you want to access from Java. 
• Right click on the page and choose "Properties"
• Click on "Certificates"
• Choose Details
• Choose "Copy To File"
• Hit "Next"
• Choose the default format "DER encoded binary X.509 (.CER)"
• Save your file (ie c:/certs/myhost.cer)

Now open a command console window

• cd to the "security" folder of the JRE that you want to use (ie C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\security)
• Run the following:  keytool -import -alias localhost -file c:\certs\myhost .cer -keystore cacerts

You should now be able to access that https site from java.