Keytool Create Trusted Self-Signed Certificate
sixtyfootersdude：
I'm trying to create a self-signed certificate using (java) keytool, but when I try to use it, I get the following exception (see bottom for full exception).
...<5 more exceptions above this>
Caused by: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: No trusted certificate found
at sun.security.validator.SimpleValidator.buildTrustedChain(SimpleValidator.java:304)
at sun.security.validator.SimpleValidator.engineValidate(SimpleValidator.java:107)
at sun.security.validator.Validator.validate(Validator.java:203)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:172)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.JsseX509TrustManager.checkServerTrusted(SSLContextImpl.java:320)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:841)
... 22 more
I know I can bypass this code using:
import javax.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier;
import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession;
HostnameVerifier hv = new HostnameVerifier() {
public boolean verify(String urlHostName, SSLSession session) {
System.out.println("Warning: URL Host: " + urlHostName + " vs. " + session.getPeerHost());
return true;
}
};
HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(hv);
But I'm not interested in this solution because I think it would create a security hole. (please correct me if I'm wrong).
Can anyone point me in the right direction? I'm currently testing locally so it's easy to make changes. I have access to server code, client code and .keystore files.
Updates
I am trying to use one .keystore file for both client and server, but to simplify my problem I created server.keystore (see below) and client.truststore (see below). I'm confident enough that these certificates are correct, but I'd be grateful if someone could attest.
server.keystore
hostname[username:/this/is/a/path][711]% keytool -list -keystore server.keystore -v
Enter keystore password:
Keystore type: JKS
Keystore provider: SUN
Your keystore contains 1 entry
Alias name: hostname
Creation date: Feb 4, 2010
Entry type: PrivateKeyEntry
Certificate chain length: 1
Certificate[1]:
Owner: CN=hostname, OU=hostname, O=hostname, L=hostname, ST=hostname, C=hostname
Issuer: CN=hostname, OU=hostname, O=hostname, L=hostname, ST=hostname, C=hostname
Serial number: 4b6b0ea7
Valid from: Thu Feb 04 13:15:03 EST 2010 until: Wed May 05 14:15:03 EDT 2010
Certificate fingerprints:
MD5: 81:C0:3F:EC:AD:5B:7B:C4:DA:08:CC:D7:11:1F:1D:38
SHA1: F1:78:AD:C8:D0:3A:4C:0C:9A:4F:89:C0:2A:2F:E2:E6:D5:13:96:40
Signature algorithm name: SHA1withDSA
Version: 3
*******************************************
*******************************************
customer trust store
hostname[username:/this/is/a/path][713]% keytool -list -keystore client.truststore -v
Enter keystore password:
Keystore type: JKS
Keystore provider: SUN
Your keystore contains 1 entry
Alias name: mykey
Creation date: Feb 4, 2010
Entry type: trustedCertEntry
Owner: CN=hostname, OU=hostname, O=hostname, L=hostname, ST=hostname, C=hostname
Issuer: CN=hostname, OU=hostname, O=hostname, L=hostname, ST=hostname, C=hostname
Serial number: 4b6b0ea7
Valid from: Thu Feb 04 13:15:03 EST 2010 until: Wed May 05 14:15:03 EDT 2010
Certificate fingerprints:
MD5: 81:C0:3F:EC:AD:5B:7B:C4:DA:08:CC:D7:11:1F:1D:38
SHA1: F1:78:AD:C8:D0:3A:4C:0C:9A:4F:89:C0:2A:2F:E2:E6:D5:13:96:40
Signature algorithm name: SHA1withDSA
Version: 3
*******************************************
*******************************************
Updates
I thought it might be useful to include the whole exception:
javax.xml.soap.SOAPException: java.io.IOException: Could not transmit message
at org.jboss.ws.core.soap.SOAPConnectionImpl.callInternal(SOAPConnectionImpl.java:115)
at org.jboss.ws.core.soap.SOAPConnectionImpl.call(SOAPConnectionImpl.java:66)
at com.alcatel.tpapps.common.utils.SOAPClient.execute(SOAPClient.java:193)
at com.alcatel.tpapps.common.utils.SOAPClient.main(SOAPClient.java:280)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Could not transmit message
at org.jboss.ws.core.client.RemotingConnectionImpl.invoke(RemotingConnectionImpl.java:192)
at org.jboss.ws.core.client.SOAPRemotingConnection.invoke(SOAPRemotingConnection.java:77)
at org.jboss.ws.core.soap.SOAPConnectionImpl.callInternal(SOAPConnectionImpl.java:106)
... 3 more
Caused by: org.jboss.remoting.CannotConnectException: Can not connect http client invoker. sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: No trusted certificate found.
at org.jboss.remoting.transport.http.HTTPClientInvoker.useHttpURLConnection(HTTPClientInvoker.java:368)
at org.jboss.remoting.transport.http.HTTPClientInvoker.transport(HTTPClientInvoker.java:148)
at org.jboss.remoting.MicroRemoteClientInvoker.invoke(MicroRemoteClientInvoker.java:141)
at org.jboss.remoting.Client.invoke(Client.java:1858)
at org.jboss.remoting.Client.invoke(Client.java:718)
at org.jboss.ws.core.client.RemotingConnectionImpl.invoke(RemotingConnectionImpl.java:171)
... 5 more
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: No trusted certificate found
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:150)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.fatal(SSLSocketImpl.java:1584)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:174)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:168)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:848)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.processMessage(ClientHandshaker.java:106)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.processLoop(Handshaker.java:495)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.process_record(Handshaker.java:433)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:877)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1089)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1116)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1100)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(HttpsClient.java:402)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:170)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:857)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getOutputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:230)
at org.jboss.remoting.transport.http.HTTPClientInvoker.useHttpURLConnection(HTTPClientInvoker.java:288)
... 10 more
Caused by: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: No trusted certificate found
at sun.security.validator.SimpleValidator.buildTrustedChain(SimpleValidator.java:304)
at sun.security.validator.SimpleValidator.engineValidate(SimpleValidator.java:107)
at sun.security.validator.Validator.validate(Validator.java:203)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:172)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.JsseX509TrustManager.checkServerTrusted(SSLContextImpl.java:320)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:841)
... 22 more
Armadillo:
You will need to "establish trust" between the server and the client (I assume you only need to perform server-side authentication). This is because you are using a self-signed certificate. This involves importing the server's certificate into the client trust store:
On the server side:
keytool -keystore <keystore file> -alias <alias> -export -file <certfilename>.cert
Copy the .cert file to the client, then:
keytool -keystore <truststore file> -alias <alias> -import -file <certfilename>.cert