javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: bad_certificate
Can anyone please HELP me with this.
I have a client that makes an RPC call through SOAP to a server method over SSL. I have configured tomcat for the ssl communication. My tomcat seems to be behaving alright but I can' t say this with 100% surity though due to this exception. Anyways please look at the following stacktrace and give me an explanation as to what this exception is and how can I fix it.
AxisFault
faultCode: {http://xml.apache.org/axis/}Server.userException
faultString: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: bad_certificate
faultActor: null
faultDetail:
stackTrace: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: bad_certificate
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.BaseSSLSocketImpl.a(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.BaseSSLSocketImpl.b(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.b(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.a(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.a(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.HandshakeOutStream.flush(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SunJSSE_ax.a(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SunJSSE_az.j(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SunJSSE_az.a(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SunJSSE_az.a(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SunJSSE_ax.a(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.a(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.j(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(DashoA6275)
at org.apache.axis.components.net.JSSESocketFactory.create(JSSESocketFactory.java:244)
at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.getSecureSocket(HTTPSender.java:156)
at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.invoke(HTTPSender.java:116)
at org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java:71)
at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:156)
at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:126)
at org.apache.axis.client.AxisClient.invoke(AxisClient.java:182)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invokeEngine(Call.java:2113)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2102)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1851)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1777)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1315)
at sslsoap.MyBeanSoapBindingStub.getSample(MyBeanSoapBindingStub.java:81)
at sslsoap.MyBeanSoapBindingSkeleton.getSample(MyBeanSoapBindingSkeleton.java:65)
at sslsoapclient.Client.main(Client.java:28)
javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: bad_certificate
at org.apache.axis.AxisFault.makeFault(AxisFault.java:120)
at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.invoke(HTTPSender.java:134)
at org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java:71)
at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:156)
at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:126)
at org.apache.axis.client.AxisClient.invoke(AxisClient.java:182)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invokeEngine(Call.java:2113)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2102)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1851)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1777)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1315)
at sslsoap.MyBeanSoapBindingStub.getSample(MyBeanSoapBindingStub.java:81)
at sslsoap.MyBeanSoapBindingSkeleton.getSample(MyBeanSoapBindingSkeleton.java:65)
at sslsoapclient.Client.main(Client.java:28)
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: bad_certificate
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.BaseSSLSocketImpl.a(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.BaseSSLSocketImpl.b(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.b(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.a(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.a(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.HandshakeOutStream.flush(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SunJSSE_ax.a(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SunJSSE_az.j(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SunJSSE_az.a(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SunJSSE_az.a(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SunJSSE_ax.a(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.a(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.j(DashoA6275)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(DashoA6275)
at org.apache.axis.components.net.JSSESocketFactory.create(JSSESocketFactory.java:244)Exce 1: ; nested exception is:
javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: bad_certificate
at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.getSecureSocket(HTTPSender.java:156)
at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.invoke(HTTPSender.java:116)
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I would appreciate any feedback I get in this regard.
Thanks.

