There are two files in jacorb having the problem. The commented out code is 
original. I have done temporary fixes to get around it temporary.



ClientIIOPConnection.java

        //only read in the properties if ssl is really supported.
        if( doSupportSSL )
        {
            client_required =
                //configuration.getAttributeAsInteger
("jacorb.security.ssl.client.required_options", 16);
            	Integer.parseInt(
                        configuration.getAttribute
("jacorb.security.ssl.client.required_options","0"),
                        16);
            client_supported =
                //configuration.getAttributeAsInteger
("jacorb.security.ssl.client.supported_options",16);
            
            	Integer.parseInt(
                    configuration.getAttribute
("jacorb.security.ssl.client.supported_options","0"),
                    16);            
        }


ServerRequestListener
            int required =
                //configuration.getAttributeAsInteger
("jacorb.security.ssl.server.required_options",16);
            	//Terry: fix bug - it is a hex
            	Integer.parseInt(
                        configuration.getAttribute
("jacorb.security.ssl.server.required_options","0"),
                        16);                 	
            	

BTW, the JACORB programming guide is not clear on those required/support 
options' descriptions. They are hard to understand!