Authenticating with server in Java

The_B_Man

I'm having a bit of trouble getting authenticated to a server over HTTPS.

here is the error I get:

javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: com.ibm.jsse2.util.g: PKIX path building failed: java.security.cert.CertPathBuilderException: PKIXCertPathBuilderImpl could not build a valid CertPath.; internal cause is:
java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: The certificate issued by CN=XXX Internal Root CA, O=XXX Corporation, C=US is not trusted; internal cause is:
java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Certificate chaining error

When I visit the site in my browser, it pops up a login box. But if I cancel that, theres also a form. I'm guessing it may be stopping at whatever prompts the first login box to pop up. Either that or my code is way off!

Can anyone tell me why I'm getting that "Certificate chaining error", and point me in the direction of some actual working code samples?

Cheers.

Javan

I think it is likely the problem here is not your code, but the certificate installed on the web server you are contacting.
Is this a development server with a self-signed or temporary certificate? You will need to get the root certificate that was used to sign the SSL cert on the web server and add it to the JVM's trust store.

Look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2893819/telling-java-to-accept-self-signed-ssl-certificate