title: Java8, HttpClient, receiving "Received fatal alert: handshake_failure"
body: <p>We're trying to access the following URL (just an example) <a href="https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/eating-out-as-a-feminist" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/eating-out-as-a-feminist</a> but we're receiving "Received fatal alert: handshake_failure".</p>
  
  <p>We're using JDK 1.8.60, HttpClient 4.3.6 and already replaced the jce-policy to the unlimited policy.</p>
  
  <p>After activating -Djavax.net.debug=all we receive:</p>
  
  <pre><code>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_256_CBC_SHA384 for TLSv1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384 for TLSv1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384 for TLSv1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384 for TLSv1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384 for TLSv1.1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384 for TLSv1.1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1.1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384 for TLSv1.1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384 for TLSv1.1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1.1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1.1
  %% No cached client session
  *** ClientHello, TLSv1.2
  RandomCookie:  GMT: 1443469228 bytes = { 243, 104, 4, 214, 135, 213, 2, 212, 116, 191, 239, 20, 101, 244, 129, 121, 19, 205, 49, 37, 253, 149, 203, 37, 52, 13, 87, 59 }
  Session ID:  {}
  Cipher Suites: [TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256, TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384, TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, 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_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, 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_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
  ***
  [write] MD5 and SHA1 hashes:  len = 237
  0000: 01 00 00 E9 03 03 56 0A   98 AC F3 68 04 D6 87 D5  ......V....h....
  0010: 02 D4 74 BF EF 14 65 F4   81 79 13 CD 31 25 FD 95  ..t...e..y..1%..
  0020: CB 25 34 0D 57 3B 00 00   64 C0 24 C0 28 00 3D C0  .%4.W;..d.$.(.=.
  0030: 26 C0 2A 00 6B 00 6A C0   0A C0 14 00 35 C0 05 C0  &amp;.*.k.j.....5...
  
  0040: 0F 00 39 00 38 C0 23 C0   27 00 3C C0 25 C0 29 00  ..9.8.#.'.&lt;.%.).
  0050: 67 00 40 C0 09 C0 13 00   2F C0 04 C0 0E 00 33 00  g.@...../.....3.
  0060: 32 C0 2C C0 2B C0 30 00   9D C0 2E C0 32 00 9F 00  2.,.+.0.....2...
  0070: A3 C0 2F 00 9C C0 2D C0   31 00 9E 00 A2 C0 08 C0  ../...-.1.......
  0080: 12 00 0A C0 03 C0 0D 00   16 00 13 00 FF 01 00 00  ................
  0090: 5C 00 0A 00 34 00 32 00   17 00 01 00 03 00 13 00  \...4.2.........
  00A0: 15 00 06 00 07 00 09 00   0A 00 18 00 0B 00 0C 00  ................
  00B0: 19 00 0D 00 0E 00 0F 00   10 00 11 00 02 00 12 00  ................
  00C0: 04 00 05 00 14 00 08 00   16 00 0B 00 02 01 00 00  ................
  00D0: 0D 00 1A 00 18 06 03 06   01 05 03 05 01 04 03 04  ................
  00E0: 01 03 03 03 01 02 03 02   01 02 02 01 01           .............
  hz.cached.thread-1, WRITE: TLSv1.2 Handshake, length = 237
  [Raw write]: length = 242
  0000: 16 03 03 00 ED 01 00 00   E9 03 03 56 0A 98 AC F3  ...........V....
  0010: 68 04 D6 87 D5 02 D4 74   BF EF 14 65 F4 81 79 13  h......t...e..y.
  0020: CD 31 25 FD 95 CB 25 34   0D 57 3B 00 00 64 C0 24  .1%...%4.W;..d.$
  0030: C0 28 00 3D C0 26 C0 2A   00 6B 00 6A C0 0A C0 14  .(.=.&amp;.*.k.j....
  0040: 00 35 C0 05 C0 0F 00 39   00 38 C0 23 C0 27 00 3C  .5.....9.8.#.'.&lt;
  0050: C0 25 C0 29 00 67 00 40   C0 09 C0 13 00 2F C0 04  .%.).g.@...../..
  0060: C0 0E 00 33 00 32 C0 2C   C0 2B C0 30 00 9D C0 2E  ...3.2.,.+.0....
  0070: C0 32 00 9F 00 A3 C0 2F   00 9C C0 2D C0 31 00 9E  .2...../...-.1..
  0080: 00 A2 C0 08 C0 12 00 0A   C0 03 C0 0D 00 16 00 13  ................
  0090: 00 FF 01 00 00 5C 00 0A   00 34 00 32 00 17 00 01  .....\...4.2....
  00A0: 00 03 00 13 00 15 00 06   00 07 00 09 00 0A 00 18  ................
  00B0: 00 0B 00 0C 00 19 00 0D   00 0E 00 0F 00 10 00 11  ................
  00C0: 00 02 00 12 00 04 00 05   00 14 00 08 00 16 00 0B  ................
  00D0: 00 02 01 00 00 0D 00 1A   00 18 06 03 06 01 05 03  ................
  00E0: 05 01 04 03 04 01 03 03   03 01 02 03 02 01 02 02  ................
  00F0: 01 01                                            
  
  [Raw read]: length = 5
  0000: 15 03 03 00 02                                     .....
  [Raw read]: length = 2
  0000: 02 28                                              .(
  hz.cached.thread-1, READ: TLSv1.2 Alert, length = 2
  hz.cached.thread-1, RECV TLSv1.2 ALERT:  fatal, handshake_failure
  hz.cached.thread-1, called closeSocket() 
  
  hz.cached.thread-1, handling exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: handshake_failure
  hz.cached.thread-1, called close()
  hz.cached.thread-1, called closeInternal(true)
  
  ERROR net.HttpClientCommonsImpl - Failed to access page https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/eating-out-as-a-feminist
  javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: handshake_failure
      at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:192) ~[?:1.8.0_60]
      at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:154) ~[?:1.8.0_60]
      at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.recvAlert(SSLSocketImpl.java:2023) ~[?:1.8.0_60]
      at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1125) ~[?:1.8.0_60]
      at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1375) ~[?:1.8.0_60]
      at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1403) ~[?:1.8.0_60]
      at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1387) ~[?:1.8.0_60]
      at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:535) ~[httpclient-4.3.6.jar:4.3.6]
      at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:403) ~[httpclient-4.3.6.jar:4.3.6]
      at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:472) ~[httpclient-4.3.6.jar:4.3.6]
      at org.apache.http.conn.scheme.SchemeSocketFactoryAdaptor.connectSocket(SchemeSocketFactoryAdaptor.java:65) ~[httpclient-4.3.6.jar:4.3.6]
      at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:177) ~[httpclient-4.3.6.jar:4.3.6]
      at org.apache.http.impl.conn.ManagedClientConnectionImpl.open(ManagedClientConnectionImpl.java:304) ~[httpclient-4.3.6.jar:4.3.6]
      at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.tryConnect(DefaultRequestDirector.java:611) ~[httpclient-4.3.6.jar:4.3.6]
      at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:446) ~[httpclient-4.3.6.jar:4.3.6]
      at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.doExecute(AbstractHttpClient.java:863) ~[httpclient-4.3.6.jar:4.3.6]
      at org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient.execute(CloseableHttpClient.java:82) ~[httpclient-4.3.6.jar:4.3.6]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How to overcome the handshake_failure error?</p>