Issue998602

>>> import urllib
>>> urllib.urlopen("https://www.verisign.com/")
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in ?
  File "d:\jython22a0\Lib\urllib.py", line 73, in urlopen
  File "d:\jython22a0\Lib\urllib.py", line 175, in open
  File "d:\jython22a0\Lib\urllib.py", line 187, in
open_unknown

IOError: [Errno url error] unknown url type: https
>>> 

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it is not java config problem. since :  pure java url
getting and using - works 
form java.lang import *
from java.net import *
System.setProperty("java.protocol.handler.pkgs","com.sun.net.ssl.internal.www.protocol");
Security.addProvider(new
com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider());

URL url = new URL("https://www.verisign.com");
url.openStream()

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Since you are using Jython why don't you use the java.net
classes like this:
>>> from java.net import *
>>> http_url=URL("https://www.verisign.com/")
>>> url_conn=http_url.openConnection()
>>> url_conn
sun.net.www.protocol.https.DelegateHttpsURLConnection:https://www.verisign.com/
>>>

Now you can use the I/O streams to communicate with the site.

mg

This bug is now fixed; ssl support is now provided in socket module. 

Here is a transcript of the above session with the new support.

Jython 2.2b2 on java1.4.2_13
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>>> import urllib
>>> u = urllib.urlopen("https://www.verisign.com/")
>>> print "%d bytes read" % len(u.read())
32555 bytes read
>>>