Java APIs

I'm trying to use the java 5 capabilities to monitor GC in a running JVM. I have no problem doing so using user/password authentication. But I can't seem to get a connection to the JVM from my client if it's using SSL. I've searched this forum and several other threads & documents & can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I'm sure it's something basic.

The Server (JVM to be monitored) is very simple:

public static void main(String[] args) {

System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStore", "ServerKeyFile.jks");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", "ServerTrustFile.jks");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword","pass");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword","pass");

int i = 0;
while (true) {
try {
System.out.println("Loop " + i++);
Thread.sleep(10000);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Caught " + e);
}
}

}

I'm starting this with -Dcom.sun.management.config.file=config.txt

The config.txt has this:

com.sun.management.jmxremote.port=9744
com.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=true
com.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl.need.client.auth=true
com.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=true
com.sun.management.jmxremote.password.file=password.conf
com.sun.management.jmxremote.access.file=access.conf

The client is started with a similar config file. The client code looks like this:

public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStore", "ClientKeyFile.jks");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", "ClientTrustFile.jks");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword", "pass");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword", "pass");
String host = args[0];
int portNum = 9744;
String user = "username";
String pass = "password";

JMXServiceURL u = new JMXServiceURL(
"service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://" + host + ":" + portNum + "/jmxrmi");
Map env = new HashMap();
String[] credentials = new String[] { user , pass };
env.put("jmx.remote.credentials", credentials);

JMXConnector c = JMXConnectorFactory.connect(u, env);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Caught exception: " + e);
}
}

If I change the config file to set com.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl to false on the server & client, I can get a connection. If I set it to true I get an SSLHandshakeException "handshake_failure".

Can anybody point out what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks