HANDSHAKE_FAILURE alert received
I am writing a Java client (on weblogic 10.3) to invoke a secure web service. I have been provided with a client certificate which I have installed in cacerts, DemoIdentity.jks and DemoTrust,jks In my weblogic I have set up keystore as DemoIdentity and DemoTrust. In weblogic console I have set "Two Way Client Cert Behavior:" as "Client Certs requested but not enforced". and for "SSL Listen Port enabled:" I have checked the checkbox.
I get the below exception while trying to access the web service:
] FaultActor [null] Detail [<detail><bea_fault:stacktrace xmlns:bea_fault="http:
//www.bea.com/servers/wls70/webservice/fault/1.0.0">javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeEx
ception: [Security:090497]HANDSHAKE_FAILURE alert received from ************** Check both sides of the SSL configuration for mismatches in supported ciphers, supported protocol versions, trusted CAs, and hos
tname verification settings.
at com.certicom.tls.interfaceimpl.TLSConnectionImpl.fireException(Unknow
n Source)
at com.certicom.tls.interfaceimpl.TLSConnectionImpl.fireAlertReceived(Un
known Source)
at com.certicom.tls.record.alert.AlertHandler.handle(Unknown Source)
at com.certicom.tls.record.alert.AlertHandler.handleAlertMessages(Unknow
n Source)
at com.certicom.tls.record.MessageInterpreter.interpretContent(Unknown S
ource)
at com.certicom.tls.record.MessageInterpreter.decryptMessage(Unknown Sou
rce)
at com.certicom.tls.record.ReadHandler.processRecord(Unknown Source)
at com.certicom.tls.record.ReadHandler.readRecord(Unknown Source)
at com.certicom.tls.record.ReadHandler.readUntilHandshakeComplete(Unknow
n Source)
at com.certicom.tls.interfaceimpl.TLSConnectionImpl.completeHandshake(Un
known Source)
at com.certicom.tls.record.WriteHandler.write(Unknown Source)
at com.certicom.io.OutputSSLIOStreamWrapper.write(Unknown Source)
at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.flushBuffer(BufferedOutputStream.java:65
)
at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.flush(BufferedOutputStream.java:123)
at java.io.FilterOutputStream.flush(FilterOutputStream.java:123)
at weblogic.net.http.HttpURLConnection.writeRequests(HttpURLConnection.j
ava:158)
at weblogic.net.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.
java:363)
at weblogic.net.http.SOAPHttpsURLConnection.getInputStream(SOAPHttpsURLC
onnection.java:37)
at weblogic.wsee.connection.transport.TransportUtil.getInputStream(Trans
portUtil.java:85)
at weblogic.wsee.connection.transport.http.HTTPClientTransport.receive(H
TTPClientTransport.java:271)
at weblogic.wsee.connection.soap.SoapConnection.receive(SoapConnection.j
ava:485)
at weblogic.wsee.ws.dispatch.client.ConnectionHandler.handleResponse(Con
nectionHandler.java:179)
at weblogic.wsee.handler.HandlerIterator.handleResponse(HandlerIterator.
java:287)
at weblogic.wsee.handler.HandlerIterator.handleResponse(HandlerIterator.
java:271)
at weblogic.wsee.ws.dispatch.client.ClientDispatcher.handleResponse(Clie
ntDispatcher.java:213)
at weblogic.wsee.ws.dispatch.client.ClientDispatcher.dispatch(ClientDisp
atcher.java:150)
at weblogic.wsee.ws.WsStub.invoke(WsStub.java:87)
at weblogic.wsee.jaxrpc.StubImpl._invoke(StubImpl.java:339)
at sips_cn_contract.PaymentService_Stub.processPaymentWebInit(Unknown So
urce)
at uk.gov.gateway.payments.SipsStartupController.handleRequest(SipsStart
upController.java:73)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter.ha
ndle(SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter.java:45)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(Dispatche
rServlet.java:485)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.serviceWrapper(Frame
workServlet.java:342)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServl
et.java:318)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:707)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletServiceAction.run
(StubSecurityHelper.java:227)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper.invokeServlet(StubSecuri
tyHelper.java:125)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.execute(ServletStubImpl.jav
a:300)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.execute(ServletStubImpl.jav
a:183)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationActio
n.doIt(WebAppServletContext.java:3686)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationActio
n.run(WebAppServletContext.java:3650)
at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(Authenticate
dSubject.java:321)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:
121)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.securedExecute(WebAppS
ervletContext.java:2268)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.execute(WebAppServletC
ontext.java:2174)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.run(ServletRequestImpl.j
ava:1446)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:201)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:173)
</bea_fault:stacktrace></detail>]; nested exception is:
However in firefox, i have added the certificate, and when i view the wsdl of the web service.It prompts me with the certificate and after i click ok, it renders the wsdl file for secure web service. Anybody has idea what should I do to make the client working using Java?
Answer
I think that the real problem is that Weblogic is not using standard Sun HTTPS implementation provided by JDK, but rather uses its own, as apparent on this line:
at weblogic.net.http.SOAPHttpsURLConnection.getInputStream(SOAPHttpsURLConnection.java:37)
The standard Sun implementation class is called javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection.
As a result, the certificate policy is different inside Weblogic than in a standalone Java program. I just discovered this debugging a similar problem.
This page advises to use a Sun implementation instead of Weblogic: http://webtech-kapil.blogspot.com/2010/06/javalangclasscastexception.html
They advice to start WL with the following flag:
-DUseSunHttpHandler=true
which will use standard Sun's implementation of SSL. However, I personally have not tried this yet.
Thanks,
Igor