Bug #7058
Updated by Rob Nahf about 9 years ago
The web tester can't connect when using java7. Jing reports that running a client under using java8 fixes the problem. problem
There seems to be differences in protocol negotiation between Java 6,7, and 8. see
HttpClient respects the Java7 implementation with regards to which are enabled by default, however, there was a buggy implementation. see:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1595
for a possible solution.
SAEON only supports TLSv1.2,
use
openssl s_client -connect metacat.saeon.ca.za:443 -tls1_2
to verify which protocols it supports (-tls1_1, -tls1 options to see that they don't work)
There seems to be differences in protocol negotiation between Java 6,7, and 8. see
HttpClient respects the Java7 implementation with regards to which are enabled by default, however, there was a buggy implementation. see:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1595
for a possible solution.
SAEON only supports TLSv1.2,
use
openssl s_client -connect metacat.saeon.ca.za:443 -tls1_2
to verify which protocols it supports (-tls1_1, -tls1 options to see that they don't work)
