diff -r e9a9792ee189 NEWS
--- a/NEWS	Thu Sep 15 15:27:40 2011 +0200
+++ b/NEWS	Mon Sep 19 17:32:53 2011 -0400
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   - PR742: IcedTea-Web checks certs only upto 1 level deep before declaring them untrusted.
   - PR769: IcedTea-Web does not work with some ssl sites with OpenJDK7
   - RH734081: Javaws cannot use proxy settings from Firefox
+  - RH738814: Access denied at ssl handshake
 
 New in release 1.1 (2011-XX-XX):
 * Security updates
diff -r e9a9792ee189 netx/net/sourceforge/jnlp/security/SecurityDialogs.java
--- a/netx/net/sourceforge/jnlp/security/SecurityDialogs.java	Thu Sep 15 15:27:40 2011 +0200
+++ b/netx/net/sourceforge/jnlp/security/SecurityDialogs.java	Mon Sep 19 17:32:53 2011 -0400
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@
      * @param accessType the type of warning dialog to show
      * @param file the JNLPFile associated with this warning
      * @param jarSigner the JarSigner used to verify this application
+     *
+     * @return true if the user accepted the certificate
      */
     public static boolean showCertWarningDialog(AccessType accessType,
             JNLPFile file, CertVerifier jarSigner) {
diff -r e9a9792ee189 netx/net/sourceforge/jnlp/security/VariableX509TrustManager.java
--- a/netx/net/sourceforge/jnlp/security/VariableX509TrustManager.java	Thu Sep 15 15:27:40 2011 +0200
+++ b/netx/net/sourceforge/jnlp/security/VariableX509TrustManager.java	Mon Sep 19 17:32:53 2011 -0400
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.jnlp.security;
 
+import java.security.AccessController;
 import java.security.KeyStore;
+import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
 import java.security.cert.Certificate;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
@@ -379,14 +381,20 @@
      * @param authType The authentication algorithm
      * @return user's response
      */
-    private boolean askUser(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType,
-                            boolean isTrusted, boolean hostMatched,
-                            String hostName) {
-        return SecurityDialogs.showCertWarningDialog(
+    private boolean askUser(final X509Certificate[] chain, final String authType,
+                            final boolean isTrusted, final boolean hostMatched,
+                            final String hostName) {
+        final VariableX509TrustManager trustManager = this;
+        return AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Boolean>() {
+            @Override
+            public Boolean run() {
+                return SecurityDialogs.showCertWarningDialog(
                         AccessType.UNVERIFIED, null,
-                        new HttpsCertVerifier(this, chain, authType,
+                        new HttpsCertVerifier(trustManager, chain, authType,
                                               isTrusted, hostMatched,
                                               hostName));
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     /**