Java 7 introduces SNI, which is enabled by default. It may break your old SSL connectivity code with HttpClient with the following trace in the SSL handshake verbose
Thread-0, WRITE: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 171
Thread-0, READ: TLSv1 Alert, length = 2
Thread-0, RECV TLSv1 ALERT: warning, unrecognized_name
SSL - handshake alert: unrecognized_name
Thread-0, handling exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLProtocolException: handshake alert: unrecognized_name
Thread-0, SEND TLSv1 ALERT: fatal, description = unexpected_message
Thread-0, WRITE: TLSv1 Alert, length = 2
Thread-0, called closeSocket()
Thread-0, called close()
Thread-0, called closeInternal(true)
Add a new JRE parameter as follows
java -Djsse.enableSNIExtension=false yourClass
Which should fix this problem!
