title: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Remote host closed connection during handshake Java 6 to Java 7
body: <p>I have this exception </p>
  
  <pre><code>javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Remote host closed connection during handshake
      at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:882)
      at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1203)
      at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1230)
      at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1214)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(HttpsClient.java:434)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:166)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1031)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getOutputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:230)
      at org.wso2.carbon.identity.sso.agent.oauth2.SAML2GrantAccessTokenRequestor.executePost(SAML2GrantAccessTokenRequestor.java:89)
      at org.wso2.carbon.identity.sso.agent.oauth2.SAML2GrantAccessTokenRequestor.getAccessToken(SAML2GrantAccessTokenRequestor.java:50)
      at org.wso2.carbon.identity.sso.agent.SSOAgentFilter.doFilter(SSOAgentFilter.java:135)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:220)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122)
      at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:505)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:169)
      at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103)
      at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:956)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116)
      at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:436)
      at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1078)
      at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:625)
      at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:316)
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
      at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
  Caused by: java.io.EOFException: SSL peer shut down incorrectly
      at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.InputRecord.read(InputRecord.java:333)
      at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:863)
      ... 27 more
  May 25, 2016 4:43:05 PM org.wso2.carbon.identity.sso.agent.SSOAgentFilter doFilter
  SEVERE: An error has occurred
  org.wso2.carbon.identity.sso.agent.exception.SSOAgentException: Error while retrieving OAuth2 access token using SAML2 grant type
      at org.wso2.carbon.identity.sso.agent.oauth2.SAML2GrantAccessTokenRequestor.getAccessToken(SAML2GrantAccessTokenRequestor.java:63)
      at org.wso2.carbon.identity.sso.agent.SSOAgentFilter.doFilter(SSOAgentFilter.java:135)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:220)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122)
      at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:505)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:169)
      at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103)
      at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:956)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116)
      at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:436)
      at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1078)
      at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:625)
      at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:316)
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
      at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
  Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Remote host closed connection during handshake
      at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:882)
      at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1203)
      at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1230)
      at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1214)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(HttpsClient.java:434)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:166)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1031)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getOutputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:230)
      at org.wso2.carbon.identity.sso.agent.oauth2.SAML2GrantAccessTokenRequestor.executePost(SAML2GrantAccessTokenRequestor.java:89)
      at org.wso2.carbon.identity.sso.agent.oauth2.SAML2GrantAccessTokenRequestor.getAccessToken(SAML2GrantAccessTokenRequestor.java:50)
      ... 18 more
  Caused by: java.io.EOFException: SSL peer shut down incorrectly
      at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.InputRecord.read(InputRecord.java:333)
      at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:863)
      ... 27 more
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am invoking an https url from an application that use: </p>
  
  <pre><code>java version "1.6.0_38"
  Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_38-b05)
  Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.13-b02, mixed mode)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is the ssl debug output for java6</p>
  
  <pre><code>Allow unsafe renegotiation: false
  Allow legacy hello messages: true
  Is initial handshake: true
  Is secure renegotiation: false
  %% No cached client session
  *** ClientHello, TLSv1
  RandomCookie:  GMT: 1464121593 bytes = { 65, 31, 13, 25, 66, 6, 0, 81, 135, 160, 221, 217, 151, 151, 132, 111, 116, 218, 92, 176, 146, 203, 150, 172, 53, 14, 223, 122 }
  Session ID:  {}
  Cipher Suites: [SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5, SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, SSL_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_DSS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, SSL_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_DSS_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA, SSL_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_MD5, SSL_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_DSS_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA, TLS_EMPTY_RENEGOTIATION_INFO_SCSV]
  Compression Methods:  { 0 }
  ***
  http-bio-8080-exec-8, WRITE: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 75
  http-bio-8080-exec-8, WRITE: SSLv2 client hello message, length = 101
  http-bio-8080-exec-8, received EOFException: error
  http-bio-8080-exec-8, handling exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Remote host closed connection during handshake
  http-bio-8080-exec-8, SEND TLSv1 ALERT:  fatal, description = handshake_failure
  http-bio-8080-exec-8, WRITE: TLSv1 Alert, length = 2
  http-bio-8080-exec-8, called closeSocket()
  http-bio-8080-exec-8, called close()
  http-bio-8080-exec-8, called closeInternal(true)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>On the other side there is an instance of WSO2 IS 5.1.0 running using this virtual machine:</p>
  
  <pre><code>java version "1.7.0_79"
  Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_79-b15)
  Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.79-b02, mixed mode)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is the ssl debug output on Java 7</p>
  
  <pre><code>Using SSLEngineImpl.
  Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
  Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
  Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
  Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
  Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
  Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
  Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
  Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  Ignoring unavailable cipher suite: TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  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_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1.1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1.1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1.1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1.1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1.1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1.1
  Ignoring unsupported cipher suite: TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 for TLSv1.1
  http-nio-9443-exec-9, fatal error: 10: General SSLEngine problem
  javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: SSLv2Hello is disabled
  http-nio-9443-exec-9, SEND TLSv1 ALERT:  fatal, description = unexpected_message
  http-nio-9443-exec-9, WRITE: TLSv1 Alert, length = 2
  http-nio-9443-exec-9, fatal: engine already closed.  Rethrowing javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: SSLv2Hello is disabled
  http-nio-9443-exec-9, called closeOutbound()
  http-nio-9443-exec-9, closeOutboundInternal()
  </code></pre>