diff -r ae942d28ec0e -r 2455ef1f5bbc javacommons/security/src/midpauthenticationmoduleimpl.cpp
--- a/javacommons/security/src/midpauthenticationmoduleimpl.cpp	Tue Aug 31 15:09:22 2010 +0300
+++ b/javacommons/security/src/midpauthenticationmoduleimpl.cpp	Wed Sep 01 12:33:18 2010 +0100
@@ -480,23 +480,7 @@
             {
                 if (JavaCommonUtils::isFirstBoot())
                 {
-                    // from the underlaying/openssl services point of view this
-                    // is a failure. In order to behave like everything is ok,
-                    // compute the root hash now so there is no need later to 
-                    // contact the underlaying/openssl services 
-                    // -> treat the last certificate from the chain as the user 
-                    // certificate
-                    X509 *user_cert = NULL;
-                    if (no_certs > 0)
-                    {
-                        user_cert = SecurityUtils::readCert(cert_chain[no_certs-1], strlen(cert_chain[no_certs-1]), PEM);
-                    }
-                    if (user_cert != NULL)
-                    {
-                        sprintf(root_hash,"%08lX",X509_issuer_name_hash(user_cert));
-                        X509_free(user_cert);
-                        ret_code = KCertAndSignatureOk;
-                    }
+                    ret_code = KCertAndSignatureOk;
                 }
             }
 
@@ -535,10 +519,7 @@
         }
 
         // compute the root hash value if requested
-        if (x509_ctx->current_issuer != NULL)
-        {
-            sprintf(root_hash,"%08lX",X509_issuer_name_hash(x509_ctx->current_issuer));
-        }
+        sprintf(root_hash,"%08lX",X509_issuer_name_hash(x509_ctx->current_issuer));
         // add the '\0'
         root_hash[MD5_DIGEST_LEN] = '\0';