SoftLayer SSL VPN Portal java.lang.NullPointerException @macOS Sierra

Question

After updating the macOS to Sierra Version 10.12 I'm getting an error on the connection to the SoftLayer SSL VPN:

Exception Name: JavaNativeException
Description: java.lang.NullPointerException
         at sun.awt.SunToolkit.getSystemEventQueueImplPP(SunToolkit.java:1090)
         at sun.awt.SunToolkit.getSystemEventQueueImplPP(SunToolkit.java:1085)
         at sun.awt.SunToolkit.getSystemEventQueueImpl(SunToolkit.java:1080)
         at java.awt.Toolkit.getEventQueue(Toolkit.java:1734)
         at java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(EventQueue.java:1266)
         at sun.plugin2.main.client.MacOSXKeyHandler.notifyFlagsChangedFromNative(Unknown Source)

User Info: (null)
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I suppose this is a JAVA version error Any advice is very welcome. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

It could be the same issue:

Java applets in macOs Sierra crashes

Try to download JDK 9, if the issue persist submit a ticket to SoftLayer, perhaps they can provide another workaround