diff -Naur ./sun/security/ec/ECParameters.java ../src/sun/security/ec/ECParameters.java
--- ./sun/security/ec/ECParameters.java	2008-07-10 21:57:44.000000000 +0200
+++ ../src/sun/security/ec/ECParameters.java	2008-09-11 14:15:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -84,17 +84,24 @@
     // Used by SunPKCS11 and SunJSSE.
     public static ECPoint decodePoint(byte[] data, EllipticCurve curve)
             throws IOException {
-        if ((data.length == 0) || (data[0] != 4)) {
+        final int offset;
+      	if ( data.length>2 && data[0]==4 && data[1]+2==data.length )
+            offset = 2;
+        else if ( data.length>3 && data[0]==4 && (0xff&data[1])==0x81 && (0xff&data[2])+3==data.length )
+            offset = 3;
+        else
+            offset = 0;
+        if ((data.length <= offset) || (data[offset] != 4)) {
             throw new IOException("Only uncompressed point format supported");
         }
         int n = (curve.getField().getFieldSize() + 7 ) >> 3;
-        if (data.length != (n * 2) + 1) {
+        if (data.length != (n * 2) + 1+offset) {
             throw new IOException("Point does not match field size");
         }
         byte[] xb = new byte[n];
         byte[] yb = new byte[n];
-        System.arraycopy(data, 1, xb, 0, n);
-        System.arraycopy(data, n + 1, yb, 0, n);
+        System.arraycopy(data, offset+1, xb, 0, n);
+        System.arraycopy(data, offset+n + 1, yb, 0, n);
         return new ECPoint(new BigInteger(1, xb), new BigInteger(1, yb));
     }