diff --git a/akka-core/src/main/scala/remote/DummySSLConfig.scala b/akka-core/src/main/scala/remote/DummySSLConfig.scala
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+package se.scalablesolutions.akka.remote
+
+import java.security.KeyStore
+import java.security.cert.X509Certificate
+import javax.net.ssl.{ManagerFactoryParameters,TrustManager,TrustManagerFactorySpi,X509TrustManager};
+
+object DummyTrustManagerFactory extends TrustManagerFactorySpi {
+  private val DUMMY_TRUST_MANAGER : TrustManager = new X509TrustManager {
+    def getAcceptedIssuers() = Array[X509Certificate]()
+    def checkClientTrusted(chain : Array[X509Certificate], authType : String) = println("UNKNOWN CLIENT CERTIFICATE: " + chain(0).getSubjectDN)
+    def checkServerTrusted(chain : Array[X509Certificate], authType : String) = println("UNKNOWN SERVER CERTIFICATE: " + chain(0).getSubjectDN)
+  }
+  
+  def getTrustManagers = Array(DUMMY_TRUST_MANAGER)
+  
+  protected override def engineGetTrustManagers = getTrustManagers 
+  protected override def engineInit(keystore:KeyStore) = ()
+  protected override def engineInit(managerFactoryParameters : ManagerFactoryParameters) = ()
+}