Client SSL Certificates in Java: PKIX path building failed

Question

I have a webservice that needs a client certificate which I load at runtime using the following:

    System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStore", keystore.getAbsolutePath());
    System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword", "password");
    System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStoreType", "jks");


    System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", cafile.getAbsolutePath());
    System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword", "password");

However, now my other webservice which connects via regular https (without any client certificate) is broken:

javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

Is there a way I can load the certificates at runtime without breaking the existing https webservice?

Answer 1

i tried this long back for similar problem, and was working.

System.setProperty("java.protocol.handler.pkgs", "com.sun.net.ssl.internal.www.protocol"); 
Security.addProvider (new com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider()); 
System.setProperty("https.protocols", "SSLv3,TLSv1"); 
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", ""); 
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword", ""); 
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStoreType", "");
Security.ssl.allowUnsafeRenegotiation", "true");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStore", ""); 
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword", ""); 
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStoreType", ""); 
System.setProperty("sun.security.ssl.allowUnsafeRenegotiation", "true"); 

Also the same can be achieved by configuring the trustore and keystore in the application server you are using.

Issue is with certificates not getting imported correctly. I hope below links will help you out.

Link1

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