Trust all certificates with HttpClient over HTTPS
Recently posted a question about over HttpClientHttps ( found here ). I've made some progress, but I'm running into a new problem. As with my last question, I can't seem to find an example that works for me. Basically, I want my client to accept any certificate (since I'm only pointing to one server), but I keep gettingjavax.net.ssl.SSLException: Not trusted server certificate exception.
This is what I have:
public void connect() throws A_WHOLE_BUNCH_OF_EXCEPTIONS {
HttpPost post = new HttpPost(new URI(PROD_URL));
post.setEntity(new StringEntity(BODY));
KeyStore trusted = KeyStore.getInstance("BKS");
trusted.load(null, "".toCharArray());
SSLSocketFactory sslf = new SSLSocketFactory(trusted);
sslf.setHostnameVerifier(SSLSocketFactory.ALLOW_ALL_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER);
SchemeRegistry schemeRegistry = new SchemeRegistry();
schemeRegistry.register(new Scheme ("https", sslf, 443));
SingleClientConnManager cm = new SingleClientConnManager(post.getParams(),
schemeRegistry);
HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient(cm, post.getParams());
HttpResponse result = client.execute(post);
}
This is the error I get:
W/System.err( 901): javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Not trusted server certificate
W/System.err( 901): at org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.OpenSSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(OpenSSLSocketImpl.java:360)
W/System.err( 901): at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.AbstractVerifier.verify(AbstractVerifier.java:92)
W/System.err( 901): at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:321)
W/System.err( 901): at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:129)
W/System.err( 901): at org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPoolEntry.open(AbstractPoolEntry.java:164)
W/System.err( 901): at org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPooledConnAdapter.open(AbstractPooledConnAdapter.java:119)
W/System.err( 901): at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:348)
W/System.err( 901): at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:555)
W/System.err( 901): at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:487)
W/System.err( 901): at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:465)
W/System.err( 901): at me.harrisonlee.test.ssl.MainActivity.connect(MainActivity.java:129)
W/System.err( 901): at me.harrisonlee.test.ssl.MainActivity.access$0(MainActivity.java:77)
W/System.err( 901): at me.harrisonlee.test.ssl.MainActivity$2.run(MainActivity.java:49)
W/System.err( 901): Caused by: java.security.cert.CertificateException: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trust anchors set is empty
W/System.err( 901): at org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(TrustManagerImpl.java:157)
W/System.err( 901): at org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.OpenSSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(OpenSSLSocketImpl.java:355)
W/System.err( 901): ... 12 more
W/System.err( 901): Caused by: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trust anchors set is empty
W/System.err( 901): at java.security.cert.PKIXParameters.checkTrustAnchors(PKIXParameters.java:645)
W/System.err( 901): at java.security.cert.PKIXParameters.<init>(PKIXParameters.java:89)
W/System.err( 901): at org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.TrustManagerImpl.<init>(TrustManagerImpl.java:89)
W/System.err( 901): at org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.TrustManagerFactoryImpl.engineGetTrustManagers(TrustManagerFactoryImpl.java:134)
W/System.err( 901): at javax.net.ssl.TrustManagerFactory.getTrustManagers(TrustManagerFactory.java:226)W/System.err( 901): at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.createTrustManagers(SSLSocketFactory.java:263)
W/System.err( 901): at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.<init>(SSLSocketFactory.java:190)
W/System.err( 901): at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.<init>(SSLSocketFactory.java:216)
W/System.err( 901): at me.harrisonlee.test.ssl.MainActivity.connect(MainActivity.java:107)
W/System.err( 901): ... 2 more
Note: Do not implement this functionality in production code used on networks that you do not fully trust. Especially anything over the public internet.
Your question is what I want to know. After some searching, the conclusion is as follows.
In the HttpClient way, you should create a custom class from org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory, not an org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory itself. Some clues can be found in this article. Custom SSL handling has stopped working on Android 2.2 FroYo .
An example would be like...
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;
import java.security.KeyManagementException;
import java.security.KeyStore;
import java.security.KeyStoreException;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.security.UnrecoverableKeyException;
import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;
import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
public class MySSLSocketFactory extends SSLSocketFactory {
SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
public MySSLSocketFactory(KeyStore truststore) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyManagementException, KeyStoreException, UnrecoverableKeyException {
super(truststore);
TrustManager tm = new X509TrustManager() {
public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) throws CertificateException {
}
public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) throws CertificateException {
}
public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
return null;
}
};
sslContext.init(null, new TrustManager[] { tm }, null);
}
@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();
}
}
and use this class when creating an instance of HttpClient.
public HttpClient getNewHttpClient() {
try {
KeyStore trustStore = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
trustStore.load(null, null);
MySSLSocketFactory 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.UTF_8);
SchemeRegistry registry = new SchemeRegistry();
registry.register(new Scheme("http", PlainSocketFactory.getSocketFactory(), 80));
registry.register(new Scheme("https", sf, 443));
ClientConnectionManager ccm = new ThreadSafeClientConnManager(params, registry);
return new DefaultHttpClient(ccm, params);
} catch (Exception e) {
return new DefaultHttpClient();
}
}
By the way, the link below is for those who are looking for a solution for HttpURLConnection. Https connection Android
I've tested both of the above solutions on froyo and in my case they both worked like a charm. Finally, using HttpURLConnection may have problems with redirects, but that's off topic.
Note: Before deciding to trust all certificates, you should probably understand the site well and not be a hazard to end users.
Indeed, you should carefully consider the risks you take, including the impact of hacking simulation sites mentioned in the comments below which I greatly appreciate. While it may be difficult to deal with all certificates in some cases, you'd better be aware of the implicit downsides of trusting all certificates.