Android SSL HttpGet (No peer certificate) error OR (Connection closed by peer) error

Darren picture Darren · May 23, 2013 · Viewed 43.9k times · Source

I am trying to do a simple HttpGet to read a webpage. I have this working on iOS and working on Android over http, but not https.

The url is an internal network IP and custom port, so I can read with http like this using a path of http://ipaddress:port/MyPage.html

HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient(httpParameters);
                    HttpResponse response;
        String responseString = null;
        try {
            // Try connection
            HttpGet get = new HttpGet(params[0].path);
            get.addHeader("Authorization",
                    "Basic "
                            + Base64.encodeBytes(new String(params[0].username + ":" + params[0].password)
                                    .getBytes()));
        response = httpclient.execute(get);
        StatusLine statusLine = response.getStatusLine();
        if (statusLine.getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
            ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            response.getEntity().writeTo(out);
            out.close();
            responseString = out.toString();
        } else {
            // Closes the connection.
            response.getEntity().getContent().close();
            throw new IOException(statusLine.getReasonPhrase());
        }
    } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
        Log.e(TAG, "ClientProtocolException");
        this.e = e;
    } catch (IOException e) {
        Log.e(TAG, "IOException");
        this.e = e;
    }
    return responseString;

When I try using https, I get the No peer certificate error. So I have tried using this code: HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient(httpParameters);

private HttpClient createHttpClient() {
        try {
            KeyStore trustStore = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
            trustStore.load(null, null);

            SSLSocketFactory sf = new MySSLSocketFactory(trustStore);
            sf.setHostnameVerifier(SSLSocketFactory.ALLOW_ALL_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER);

            HttpParams params = new BasicHttpParams();
            HttpProtocolParams.setVersion(params, HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1);
            HttpProtocolParams.setContentCharset(params, HTTP.DEFAULT_CONTENT_CHARSET);
            HttpProtocolParams.setUseExpectContinue(params, true);

            SchemeRegistry schReg = new SchemeRegistry();
            schReg.register(new Scheme("http", PlainSocketFactory.getSocketFactory(), 80));
            schReg.register(new Scheme("https", sf, 8080));
            ClientConnectionManager conMgr = new ThreadSafeClientConnManager(params, schReg);

            return new DefaultHttpClient(conMgr, params);

        } catch (Exception e) {
            return new DefaultHttpClient();
        }
    }

but this gives me a Connection closed by peer error.

What am I doing wrong? I can safely ignore the certificate, as it's an internal network with self signed cert, however I have no control over the vert and users of my app may have different certs, so I really need to auto accept or bypass it.

Thanks

EDIT ------------------------------

After trying My-Name-Is answer below: I've created a CustomX509TrustManager class as suggested, then create a custom HttpClient using it like this:

private HttpClient sslClient(HttpClient client) {
        try {
            CustomX509TrustManager tm = new CustomX509TrustManager();
            SSLContext ctx = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
            ctx.init(null, new TrustManager[] { tm }, null);
            SSLSocketFactory ssf = new MySSLSocketFactory(ctx);
            ssf.setHostnameVerifier(SSLSocketFactory.ALLOW_ALL_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER);
            ClientConnectionManager ccm = client.getConnectionManager();
            SchemeRegistry sr = ccm.getSchemeRegistry();
            sr.register(new Scheme("https", ssf, 8080));
            return new DefaultHttpClient(ccm, client.getParams());
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            return null;
        }
    }

And finally use this HttpClient like this:

private class httpGETTask extends AsyncTask<GetParams, Void, String> {
private Exception e = null;

@Override
protected String doInBackground(GetParams... params) {
    // Set connection parameters
    HttpParams httpParameters = new BasicHttpParams();
    int timeoutConnection = 15000;
    HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpParameters, timeoutConnection);
    int timeoutSocket = 15000;
    HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpParameters, timeoutSocket);

    Log.v(TAG, params[0].path);
    HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient(httpParameters);
    httpclient = sslClient(httpclient);

    HttpResponse response;
    String responseString = null;
    try {
        // Try connection
        HttpGet get = new HttpGet(params[0].path);
        get.addHeader("Authorization",
                "Basic "
                        + Base64.encodeBytes(new String(params[0].username + ":" + params[0].password)
                                .getBytes()));

        response = httpclient.execute(get);
        StatusLine statusLine = response.getStatusLine();
        if (statusLine.getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
            ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            response.getEntity().writeTo(out);
            out.close();
            responseString = out.toString();
        } else {
            // Closes the connection.
            response.getEntity().getContent().close();
            throw new IOException(statusLine.getReasonPhrase());
        }
    } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
        Log.e(TAG, "ClientProtocolException");
        this.e = e;
    } catch (IOException e) {
        Log.e(TAG, "IOException");
        this.e = e;
    }
    return responseString;

The logged path is in the format https://ipaddress:8080/Page.html But I get a Connection closed By Peer error:

05-24 08:20:32.500: E/ConnectionHelper(1129): IOException 05-24 08:20:32.550: E/ConnectionHelper(1129): Exception loading contents 05-24 08:20:32.550: E/ConnectionHelper(1129): javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Connection closed by peer 05-24 08:20:32.550: E/ConnectionHelper(1129): at org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.NativeCrypto.SSL_do_handshake(Native Method) 05-24 08:20:32.550: E/ConnectionHelper(1129): at org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.OpenSSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(OpenSSLSocketImpl.java:410) 05-24 08:20:32.550: E/ConnectionHelper(1129): at org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.OpenSSLSocketImpl$SSLInputStream.(OpenSSLSocketImpl.java:643) 05-24 08:20:32.550: E/ConnectionHelper(1129): at org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.OpenSSLSocketImpl.getInputStream(OpenSSLSocketImpl.java:614) 05-24 08:20:32.550: E/ConnectionHelper(1129): at org.apache.http.impl.io.SocketInputBuffer.(SocketInputBuffer.java:70) 05-24 08:20:32.550: E/ConnectionHelper(1129): at org.apache.http.impl.SocketHttpClientConnection.createSessionInputBuffer(SocketHttpClientConnection.java:83) 05-24 08:20:32.550: E/ConnectionHelper(1129): at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnection.createSessionInputBuffer(DefaultClientConnection.java:170) 05-24 08:20:32.550: E/ConnectionHelper(1129): at org.apache.http.impl.SocketHttpClientConnection.bind(SocketHttpClientConnection.java:106) 05-24 08:20:32.550: E/ConnectionHelper(1129): at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnection.openCompleted(DefaultClientConnection.java:129) 05-24 08:20:32.550: E/ConnectionHelper(1129): at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:172) 05-24 08:20:32.550: E/ConnectionHelper(1129): at org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPoolEntry.open(AbstractPoolEntry.java:164) 05-24 08:20:32.550: E/ConnectionHelper(1129): at org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPooledConnAdapter.open(AbstractPooledConnAdapter.java:119) 05-24 08:20:32.550: E/ConnectionHelper(1129): at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:360) 05-24 08:20:32.550: E/ConnectionHelper(1129): at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:555) 05-24 08:20:32.550: E/ConnectionHelper(1129): at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:487) 05-24 08:20:32.550: E/ConnectionHelper(1129): at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:465) 05-24 08:20:32.550: E/ConnectionHelper(1129): at com.d_apps.my_app.connection_helpers.ConnectionHelper$httpGETTask.doInBackground(ConnectionHelper.java:114)

Answer

My-Name-Is picture My-Name-Is · May 26, 2013

The following source should fix your problem.

import android.app.Activity;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.os.Bundle;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.Header
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    private EditText text;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        text = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText1);
        connect();
    }

    private void connect(){
        try {
            DataLoader dl = new DataLoader();
            String url = "https://IpAddress";
            HttpResponse response = dl.secureLoadData(url); 

            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            sb.append("HEADERS:\n\n");

            Header[] headers = response.getAllHeaders();
            for (int i = 0; i < headers.length; i++) {
                Header h = headers[i];
                sb.append(h.getName()).append(":\t").append(h.getValue()).append("\n");
            }

            InputStream is = response.getEntity().getContent();
            StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder();
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
            for (String line = br.readLine(); line != null; line = br.readLine())
                out.append(line);
            br.close();

            sb.append("\n\nCONTENT:\n\n").append(out.toString()); 

            Log.i("response", sb.toString());
            text.setText(sb.toString());

        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
        return true;
    }

}


import android.app.Application;
import android.content.Context;
import java.io.InputStream;
public class MeaApplication extends Application {

    private static Context context;

    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        MeaApplication.context = getApplicationContext();
    }

    public static Context getAppContext() {
        return MeaApplication.context;
    }

    public static InputStream loadCertAsInputStream() {
        return MeaApplication.context.getResources().openRawResource(
                R.raw.meacert);
    }

}


import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
import java.security.KeyStore;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.security.KeyManagementException;
import java.security.KeyStoreException;
import java.security.UnrecoverableKeyException;
import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;
/**
 * Taken from: http://janis.peisenieks.lv/en/76/english-making-an-ssl-connection-via-android/
 *
 */
public class CustomSSLSocketFactory extends SSLSocketFactory {
    SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");

    public CustomSSLSocketFactory(KeyStore truststore)
            throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyManagementException,
            KeyStoreException, UnrecoverableKeyException {
        super(truststore);

        TrustManager tm = new CustomX509TrustManager();

        sslContext.init(null, new TrustManager[] { tm }, null);
    }

    public CustomSSLSocketFactory(SSLContext context)
            throws KeyManagementException, NoSuchAlgorithmException,
            KeyStoreException, UnrecoverableKeyException {
        super(null);
        sslContext = context;
    }

    @Override
    public Socket createSocket(Socket socket, String host, int port,
            boolean autoClose) throws IOException, UnknownHostException {
        return sslContext.getSocketFactory().createSocket(socket, host, port,
                autoClose);
    }

    @Override
    public Socket createSocket() throws IOException {
        return sslContext.getSocketFactory().createSocket();
    }
}


import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;
import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.security.cert.CertificateFactory;
public class CustomX509TrustManager implements X509TrustManager {

    @Override
    public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType)
            throws CertificateException {
    }

    @Override
    public void checkServerTrusted(java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] certs,
            String authType) throws CertificateException {

        // Here you can verify the servers certificate. (e.g. against one which is stored on mobile device)

        // InputStream inStream = null;
        // try {
        // inStream = MeaApplication.loadCertAsInputStream();
        // CertificateFactory cf = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");
        // X509Certificate ca = (X509Certificate)
        // cf.generateCertificate(inStream);
        // inStream.close();
        //
        // for (X509Certificate cert : certs) {
        // // Verifing by public key
        // cert.verify(ca.getPublicKey());
        // }
        // } catch (Exception e) {
        // throw new IllegalArgumentException("Untrusted Certificate!");
        // } finally {
        // try {
        // inStream.close();
        // } catch (IOException e) {
        // e.printStackTrace();
        // }
        // }
    }

    public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
        return null;
    }

}


import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.security.KeyManagementException;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.security.KeyStoreException;
import java.security.UnrecoverableKeyException;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
import java.security.SecureRandom;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
import org.apache.http.conn.ClientConnectionManager;
import org.apache.http.conn.scheme.Scheme;
import org.apache.http.conn.scheme.SchemeRegistry;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
public class DataLoader {

    public HttpResponse secureLoadData(String url)
            throws ClientProtocolException, IOException,
            NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyManagementException,
            URISyntaxException, KeyStoreException, UnrecoverableKeyException {
        SSLContext ctx = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
        ctx.init(null, new TrustManager[] { new CustomX509TrustManager() },
                new SecureRandom());

        HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();

        SSLSocketFactory ssf = new CustomSSLSocketFactory(ctx);
        ssf.setHostnameVerifier(SSLSocketFactory.ALLOW_ALL_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER);
        ClientConnectionManager ccm = client.getConnectionManager();
        SchemeRegistry sr = ccm.getSchemeRegistry();
        sr.register(new Scheme("https", ssf, 443));
        DefaultHttpClient sslClient = new DefaultHttpClient(ccm,
                client.getParams());

        HttpGet get = new HttpGet(new URI(url));
        HttpResponse response = sslClient.execute(get);

        return response;
    }

}