diff --git a/ssl-proxies/src/main/java/org/globus/gsi/bc/BouncyCastleUtil.java b/ssl-proxies/src/main/java/org/globus/gsi/bc/BouncyCastleUtil.java
index 4a154335..c99a6e27 100644
--- a/ssl-proxies/src/main/java/org/globus/gsi/bc/BouncyCastleUtil.java
+++ b/ssl-proxies/src/main/java/org/globus/gsi/bc/BouncyCastleUtil.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class BouncyCastleUtil {
     public static byte[] toByteArray(ASN1Primitive obj)
 	throws IOException {
 	ByteArrayOutputStream bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-	ASN1OutputStream der = new ASN1OutputStream(bout);
+	ASN1OutputStream der = ASN1OutputStream.create(bout);
 	der.writeObject(obj);
 	return bout.toByteArray();
     }
diff --git a/ssl-proxies/src/main/java/org/globus/gsi/util/CertificateIOUtil.java b/ssl-proxies/src/main/java/org/globus/gsi/util/CertificateIOUtil.java
index 4cff1c53..643f3972 100644
--- a/ssl-proxies/src/main/java/org/globus/gsi/util/CertificateIOUtil.java
+++ b/ssl-proxies/src/main/java/org/globus/gsi/util/CertificateIOUtil.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public static byte[] encodePrincipal(X500Principal subject) throws IOException {
 
     public static byte[] encodePrincipal(X509Name subject) throws IOException {
         ByteArrayOutputStream bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-        ASN1OutputStream der = new ASN1OutputStream(bout);
+        ASN1OutputStream der = ASN1OutputStream.create(bout);
         der.writeObject(subject.toASN1Primitive());
         return bout.toByteArray();
     }
diff --git a/ssl-proxies/src/test/java/org/globus/gsi/proxy/ext/ProxyCertInfoTest.java b/ssl-proxies/src/test/java/org/globus/gsi/proxy/ext/ProxyCertInfoTest.java
index 82ecdfd8..5806ac2e 100644
--- a/ssl-proxies/src/test/java/org/globus/gsi/proxy/ext/ProxyCertInfoTest.java
+++ b/ssl-proxies/src/test/java/org/globus/gsi/proxy/ext/ProxyCertInfoTest.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public void testParseProxyCertInfo() throws Exception {
 
 
 	ByteArrayOutputStream bOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-        ASN1OutputStream dOut = new ASN1OutputStream(bOut);
+	ASN1OutputStream dOut = ASN1OutputStream.create(bOut);
 	dOut.writeObject(info);
 
 	ByteArrayInputStream bIn =
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public void testCreateProxyCertInfo2() throws Exception {
 	assertEquals(testOid, info.getProxyPolicy().getPolicyLanguage());
 
 	ByteArrayOutputStream bOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-        ASN1OutputStream dOut = new ASN1OutputStream(bOut);
+	ASN1OutputStream dOut = ASN1OutputStream.create(bOut);
 	dOut.writeObject(info);
 
 	ByteArrayInputStream bIn =