Forge Wont Download

[Demonkitkat]

Hello! I am currently having an issue with downloading forge onto my macbook. Whenever I download it as I previously have, I receive "

Failed to download file.
Name: forge-1.12.2-14.23.5.2854.jar
Filename on disk: forge-1.12.2-14.23.5.2854.jar
Path: /Users/(insertmynamehere)/Library/Application Support/minecraft/libraries/net/minecraftforge/forge/1.12.2-14.23.5.2854/forge-1.12.2-14.23.5.2854.jar
Exists: Nonexistent

this error from minecraft. Whenever I open the installer log, I end up with JVM info: Oracle Corporation - 1.8.0_261 - 25.261-b12
java.net.preferIPv4Stack=true
Found java version 1.8.0_261
Extracting json
Considering minecraft client jar
  Downloading library from https://launcher.mojang.com/v1/objects/e3f78cd16f9eb9a52307ed96ebec64241cc5b32d/client.jar
Exception in thread "main" 
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
    at javax.crypto.Cipher.getInstance(Cipher.java:518)
    at sun.security.ssl.JsseJce.getCipher(JsseJce.java:189)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLCipher.isTransformationAvailable(SSLCipher.java:483)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLCipher.<init>(SSLCipher.java:472)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLCipher.<clinit>(SSLCipher.java:81)
    at sun.security.ssl.CipherSuite.<clinit>(CipherSuite.java:67)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLContextImpl.getApplicableSupportedCipherSuites(SSLContextImpl.java:345)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLContextImpl.access$100(SSLContextImpl.java:46)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLContextImpl$AbstractTLSContext.<clinit>(SSLContextImpl.java:577)
    at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:264)
    at java.security.Provider$Service.getImplClass(Provider.java:1701)
    at java.security.Provider$Service.newInstance(Provider.java:1659)
    at sun.security.jca.GetInstance.getInstance(GetInstance.java:236)
    at sun.security.jca.GetInstance.getInstance(GetInstance.java:164)
    at javax.net.ssl.SSLContext.getInstance(SSLContext.java:156)
    at javax.net.ssl.SSLContext.getDefault(SSLContext.java:96)
    at javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.getDefault(SSLSocketFactory.java:122)
    at javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection.getDefaultSSLSocketFactory(HttpsURLConnection.java:332)
    at javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection.<init>(HttpsURLConnection.java:289)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.<init>(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:99)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.https.Handler.openConnection(Handler.java:62)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.https.Handler.openConnection(Handler.java:57)
    at java.net.URL.openConnection(URL.java:1001)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.DownloadUtils.getConnection(DownloadUtils.java:197)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.DownloadUtils.download(DownloadUtils.java:144)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.DownloadUtils.download(DownloadUtils.java:138)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.actions.ClientInstall.run(ClientInstall.java:99)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.InstallerPanel.run(InstallerPanel.java:428)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.SimpleInstaller.launchGui(SimpleInstaller.java:170)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.SimpleInstaller.main(SimpleInstaller.java:143)
Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Can not initialize cryptographic mechanism
    at javax.crypto.JceSecurity.<clinit>(JceSecurity.java:93)
    ... 31 more
Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: The jurisdiction policy files are not signed by the expected signer! (Policy files are specific per major JDK release.Ensure the correct version is installed.)
    at javax.crypto.JarVerifier.verifyPolicySigned(JarVerifier.java:336)
    at javax.crypto.JceSecurity.loadPolicies(JceSecurity.java:378)
    at javax.crypto.JceSecurity.setupJurisdictionPolicies(JceSecurity.java:323)
    at javax.crypto.JceSecurity.access$000(JceSecurity.java:50)
    at javax.crypto.JceSecurity$1.run(JceSecurity.java:85)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at javax.crypto.JceSecurity.<clinit>(JceSecurity.java:82)
    ... 31 more"

 

 

I have no idea what any of this means, or how to fix the issue. If anyone could help, that would be great.

[DaemonUmbra]

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