Hello

I am creating a prototype of an application that will, in 75 % of the 
time, run on Windows 98.  This application will, from time to time, 
communicate to a server.  For security reasons, this communication will 
need to be in SSL.  I have used the JSSE implementation in my application 
when trying to communicate.  On Windows NT / 2000, I am able to 
communicate to the server through SSL without any problems.  
However, there are two issues that occur.  The first, which is okay is the 
time it takes to initialize the SSL protocol.  This is a known issue, but 
seems to take longer on Windows 98.  This time lag can be tolerated and 
worked around.  The second issue cannot.  On a Windows 98 machine, I often 
see the error message: Connection reset by peer.  Research on this 
indicates the CPU speed of the server and client will drive this.  This is 
understandable.  The only problem with is that this error message occurs 
before I even send any thing to the server.

I need a way to control and prevent this.

What are my options?

thank you

Rob