I am using Apache HttpClient 4.3 to interact with the API of hubic.com. My minimal reproducable example is just a one liner:
HttpClientBuilder.create().build().execute(new HttpGet("https://hubic.com"));
However that throws:
Exception in thread "main" javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Received fatal alert: protocol_version
at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:208)
at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:154)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.recvAlert(SSLSocketImpl.java:1991)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1104)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1343)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1371)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1355)
at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory.createLayeredSocket(SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java:275)
at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java:254)
at org.apache.http.impl.conn.HttpClientConnectionOperator.connect(HttpClientConnectionOperator.java:117)
at org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager.connect(PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager.java:314)
at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.MainClientExec.establishRoute(MainClientExec.java:363)
at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.MainClientExec.execute(MainClientExec.java:219)
at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.ProtocolExec.execute(ProtocolExec.java:195)
at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec.execute(RetryExec.java:86)
at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RedirectExec.execute(RedirectExec.java:108)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.InternalHttpClient.doExecute(InternalHttpClient.java:186)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient.execute(CloseableHttpClient.java:82)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient.execute(CloseableHttpClient.java:106)
Here is the output if I run with System.setProperty("javax.net.debug", "all");
:
trustStore is: /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/lib/security/cacerts
trustStore type is : jks
trustStore provider is :
init truststore
adding as trusted cert: [... extremely large list ...]
trigger seeding of SecureRandom
done seeding SecureRandom
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
Allow unsafe renegotiation: false
Allow legacy hello messages: true
Is initial handshake: true
Is secure renegotiation: false
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for SSLv3
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for SSLv3
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for SSLv3
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for SSLv3
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for SSLv3
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for SSLv3
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for SSLv3
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1.1
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1.1
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1.1
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1.1
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1.1
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1.1
Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1.1
%% No cached client session
*** ClientHello, TLSv1.2
RandomCookie: GMT: 1402182685 bytes = { 227, 155, 148, 161, 7, 104, 221, 182, 254, 133, 216, 198, 118, 211, 223, 229, 43, 82, 207, 1, 102, 245, 112, 117, 253, 69, 43, 162 }
Session ID: {}
Cipher Suites: [TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, SSL_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_DSS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5, TLS_EMPTY_RENEGOTIATION_INFO_SCSV]
Compression Methods: { 0 }
Extension elliptic_curves, curve names: {secp256r1, sect163k1, sect163r2, secp192r1, secp224r1, sect233k1, sect233r1, sect283k1, sect283r1, secp384r1, sect409k1, sect409r1, secp521r1, sect571k1, sect571r1, secp160k1, secp160r1, secp160r2, sect163r1, secp192k1, sect193r1, sect193r2, secp224k1, sect239k1, secp256k1}
Extension ec_point_formats, formats: [uncompressed]
Extension signature_algorithms, signature_algorithms: SHA512withECDSA, SHA512withRSA, SHA384withECDSA, SHA384withRSA, SHA256withECDSA, SHA256withRSA, SHA224withECDSA, SHA224withRSA, SHA1withECDSA, SHA1withRSA, SHA1withDSA, MD5withRSA
Extension server_name, server_name: [type=host_name (0), value=hubic.com]
***
[write] MD5 and SHA1 hashes: len = 225
0000: 01 00 00 DD 03 03 54 94 9C 1D E3 9B 94 A1 07 68 ......T........h
0010: DD B6 FE 85 D8 C6 76 D3 DF E5 2B 52 CF 01 66 F5 ......v...+R..f.
0020: 70 75 FD 45 2B A2 00 00 46 C0 23 C0 27 00 3C C0 pu.E+...F.#.'.<.
0030: 25 C0 29 00 67 00 40 C0 09 C0 13 00 2F C0 04 C0 %.).g.@...../...
0040: 0E 00 33 00 32 C0 2B C0 2F 00 9C C0 2D C0 31 00 ..3.2.+./...-.1.
0050: 9E 00 A2 C0 08 C0 12 00 0A C0 03 C0 0D 00 16 00 ................
0060: 13 C0 07 C0 11 00 05 C0 02 C0 0C 00 04 00 FF 01 ................
0070: 00 00 6E 00 0A 00 34 00 32 00 17 00 01 00 03 00 ..n...4.2.......
0080: 13 00 15 00 06 00 07 00 09 00 0A 00 18 00 0B 00 ................
0090: 0C 00 19 00 0D 00 0E 00 0F 00 10 00 11 00 02 00 ................
00A0: 12 00 04 00 05 00 14 00 08 00 16 00 0B 00 02 01 ................
00B0: 00 00 0D 00 1A 00 18 06 03 06 01 05 03 05 01 04 ................
00C0: 03 04 01 03 03 03 01 02 03 02 01 02 02 01 01 00 ................
00D0: 00 00 0E 00 0C 00 00 09 68 75 62 69 63 2E 63 6F ........hubic.co
00E0: 6D m
main, WRITE: TLSv1.2 Handshake, length = 225
[Raw write]: length = 230
0000: 16 03 03 00 E1 01 00 00 DD 03 03 54 94 9C 1D E3 ...........T....
0010: 9B 94 A1 07 68 DD B6 FE 85 D8 C6 76 D3 DF E5 2B ....h......v...+
0020: 52 CF 01 66 F5 70 75 FD 45 2B A2 00 00 46 C0 23 R..f.pu.E+...F.#
0030: C0 27 00 3C C0 25 C0 29 00 67 00 40 C0 09 C0 13 .'.<.%.).g.@....
0040: 00 2F C0 04 C0 0E 00 33 00 32 C0 2B C0 2F 00 9C ./.....3.2.+./..
0050: C0 2D C0 31 00 9E 00 A2 C0 08 C0 12 00 0A C0 03 .-.1............
0060: C0 0D 00 16 00 13 C0 07 C0 11 00 05 C0 02 C0 0C ................
0070: 00 04 00 FF 01 00 00 6E 00 0A 00 34 00 32 00 17 .......n...4.2..
0080: 00 01 00 03 00 13 00 15 00 06 00 07 00 09 00 0A ................
0090: 00 18 00 0B 00 0C 00 19 00 0D 00 0E 00 0F 00 10 ................
00A0: 00 11 00 02 00 12 00 04 00 05 00 14 00 08 00 16 ................
00B0: 00 0B 00 02 01 00 00 0D 00 1A 00 18 06 03 06 01 ................
00C0: 05 03 05 01 04 03 04 01 03 03 03 01 02 03 02 01 ................
00D0: 02 02 01 01 00 00 00 0E 00 0C 00 00 09 68 75 62 .............hub
00E0: 69 63 2E 63 6F 6D ic.com
[Raw read]: length = 5
0000: 15 03 00 00 02 .....
[Raw read]: length = 2
0000: 02 46 .F
main, READ: SSLv3 Alert, length = 2
main, RECV TLSv1.2 ALERT: fatal, protocol_version
main, called closeSocket()
main, handling exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Received fatal alert: protocol_version
No exception is thrown if I try to access e.g. https://google.com. So it guess SSL with Java cannot be completely broken on my system but it has to do with the combination with hubic.com.
The error protocol_version
is not very helpful, but in this question it is suggested that my client uses another protocol version than the server (I guess "server and client could not agree on a protocol" would be more accurate).
How do I figure out which protocol versions the server will agree on and how do I enable those in my client? And should I worry about the issue (e.g. like does hubic only allow an old unsupported protocol? (Firefox certainly does not complain about anything unsecure).
HttpClient can take an
SSLContext
for itsSSLConnectionSocketFactory
.You can set the appropriate TLS version in the properties for the
SSLContext
with thegetInstance
static method.Something like
SSLContext context = SSLContext.getInstance("TLSv1");
If you need to force just one protocol (as
getInstance
can return one that supports multiple protocols), you can use thesetEnabledProtocols
method (which takes aString[]
) on thecontext
you retrieved usinggetInstance
.It looks like you are not using java 1.8
In Java 1.8 the default TLS protocol version is v1.2, whereas in Java 1.6,1.7 default is TLS1.0. As you can see in logs ClientHello, TLSv1.2 it means you are either using java 1.6 or 1.7 now you can either switch to 1.8 or Just add
in your application class before main class keeping you current java version
.. hope this helps !!
I see from the debug that Java does a TLS1.2 handshake instead of the more common SSLv23 handshake:
The server itself can do only TLS1.0 and fails to just announce this older version. I'm not familiar with Java, but you either need set the protocol version to TLSv1 or SSLv23 to speak with this server.
The following code would set only TLSv1 with Apache HttpClient:
EDIT to include question from comment:
If the client announces TLS1.2 in the ClientHello and the server can do only TLS1.0 it should announce this, i.e. reply with TLS1.0. The client can then close the connection if TLS1.0 is not good enough or continue with TLS1.0. But, in this case the server just told the client that it does not like this version and closed the connection. Firefox and others instead do a SSLv23 announcement, where they do a TLS1.0 handshake but also announce the best protocol version they support. This usually works good for older servers starting from SSL3.0 but also for newer servers.
You can check the behavior of the server with a recent Perl/IO::Socket::SSL and this script.
Here you can see, that the hosts supports SSLv23 and TLSv1 handshakes, but not the used TLSv1_2 handshake.
I have also come across this issue. Certain sites are not accessible, throwing the mysterious: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Received fatal alert: protocol_version
I have tried to mend it, following some of the hints given here, but without success. At one point the usual thought “it used to work before..”, really started nagging me.
Initially I had assumed something had changed in the site I tried to connect to. However, as this is a legacy kind of site, it wasn’t so likely. So, what else could it be..? At one point I thought “Java version”. Unlikely, but maybe worth a try.
As it is, I can get the content from previously error-throwing sites, if I compile my code with SDK 1.6.0_25. Newer versions gives me problems: 1.7.0_51, and 1.8.0.
I have boiled it down to the smallest piece possible, if effect reproducing the one-liner initially posted by “Yankee” above. I have used the same line, including the same URL.
Compiling with SDK 1.6 it works.
I am not sufficiently skilled in Java and SSL to understand the root issue behind this. But, someone ought to be able to put the code side by side, and track it down..
This may save someone a few wasted hours.