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Re: SSL Client Certificate Error with v3 but not v2 using LDAPS

From: Quang Dang <quang.dang_at_oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:59:45 -0400

Kevin,

I did some tracing in the relevant SSL code and it looks like GF
initializes an SSLContext object using the identity specified by the
"com.sun.enterprise.security.httpsOutboundKeyAlias" alias for outbound
HTTPS connections.
The code then sets that SSLContext to be the default SSLContext(
javax.net.ssl.SSLContext.setDefault(SSLContext) )
If your LDAP client creates SSLSockets from that new default SSLContext,
it'll have that identity.
As to why the client then sends its certificate even if the LDAP server
never asks for it at all, that's not GF behavior but rather the
underlying JSSE implementation(SunJSSE in this case).
I'd double check the LDAP server setting to be sure it will not request
for optional client certificates.
Quang


On 9/27/12 4:27 PM, Kevin Schmidt wrote:
> Quang,
>
> Thanks for the response.
>
> I did get the more debug output, and compared it when connecting from
> within GlassFish with the output from a Java client doing the same and
> saw it was a bit different.
>
> After the ServerHelloDone, the GlassFish v3 debug output displays the
> default self-signed certificate that is in its keystore, the Java
> client output not displaying any certificate chain. So, as part of
> the SSL handshake, is GlassFish going to send this self-signed cert
> simply because it exists in the keystore even if it wasn't requested
> for client-cert authentication? And did this change between v2 and v3?
>
> If it does send it regardless, since it is the self-signed cert, is
> the LDAP server (Oracle Directory Server 6.3) going to reject it
> solely because it is self-signed even though it isn't doing
> client-cert authentication?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
>
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 7:10 AM, Quang Dang <quang.dang_at_oracle.com
> <mailto:quang.dang_at_oracle.com>> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> How does your application obtain the SSL socket/connection? Have
> you tried setting the system property -Djavax.net.debug=ssl on the
> client side to get more debug output?
> Quang
>
>
>
>
> On 9/27/12 1:22 AM, Kevin Schmidt wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have an application running in GlassFIsh that makes a
>> connection to an LDAP server using SSL and it works fine in
>> GlassFish v2, but in v3 the SSL handshake fails with the LDAP
>> server reporting this error:
>>
>> [25/Sep/2012:20:16:09 -0400] conn=8346156 op=-1 msgId=-1 - fd=69
>> slot=69 LDAPS connection from 10.171.11.11:47721
>> <http://10.171.11.11:47721> to 10.178.23.133
>> [25/Sep/2012:20:16:09 -0400] conn=8346156 op=-1 msgId=-1 - SSL
>> error-8156 (Issuer certificate is invalid.); unauthenticated client
>> CN=sigma,OU=GlassFish,O=Oracle Corporation,L=Santa
>> Clara,ST=California,C=US; issuer CN=sigma,OU=GlassFish,O=Oracle
>> Corporation,L=Santa Clara,ST=California,C=US
>>
>> The LDAP server is not configured to require client certificate
>> authentication, so I'm confused as to why a client certificate is
>> being sent? My understanding of the handshake is that it would
>> only be sent if the server requests it which it isn't doing.
>>
>> Did something change between v2 and v3 in how the SSL handshake
>> is done for clients running in GlassFish and connecting to a
>> resource using SSL? Is there certain configuration that I need
>> to check or verify in v3 that may have defaulted to what works in
>> v2 but not v3?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> KEvin
>
>