Error 403.7 - Forbidden: SSL client certificate is required

Question

Hi people!
I�m developing a java client to a WebService (developed in .NET). The communication protocol is HTTPS to the URL where the Web Service is located (something like https://10.200.140.117/dirNotes/serviceName.asmx.). I�ve been reading many posts but I could'nt find the solution to the problem wich has the following message: Error 403.7 - Forbidden: SSL client certificate is required".
I�m using JDK 1.5 and developing and testing on Windows Plataform. I'm able to access the URL specified above directly from the browser, I installed the client certificate (the same that �ve put into the ,jks keystore. I�ve also imported the whole certificate chain of the server to the cacerts.
I�ll paste the code and the console trace below. I�d be very grateful if you can help me. Thanks a lot.
_THE CODE_
package principal;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;
import java.security.KeyStore;
import java.security.Security;
import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
import javax.net.ssl.KeyManagerFactory;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocket;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
import javax.net.ssl.TrustManagerFactory;
import org.apache.axis.client.Call;
import org.apache.axis.client.Service;
import entidade.Certificado;
public class SSLClient {
private static final int PORT_NUMBER = 443;
private static final String HTTPS_ADDRESS = "10.200.140.117";
private static String strCabecalhoMsg = "";
private static String strDadosMsg = "";
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStore", Certificado.getStrNomeArquivoJKSServidor());
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword", "senha");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", "Certificados/cacerts");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword", "changeit");
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStoreType", "JKS");
Security.addProvider(new com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider());
System.setProperty("javax.net.debug","ssl,handshake,record");
KeyStore ks = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
ks.load(new FileInputStream(Certificado.getStrNomeArquivoJKSServidor()),
Certificado.getArranjoCharSenhaCertificadoServidor());
KeyManagerFactory kmf = KeyManagerFactory.getInstance(KeyManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm());
kmf.init(ks, Certificado.getArranjoCharSenhaCertificadoServidor());
KeyStore ksT = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
ksT.load(new FileInputStream("C:/Arquivos de programas/Java/jre1.5.0_05/lib/security/cacerts"), "changeit".toCharArray());
TrustManagerFactory tmf = TrustManagerFactory.getInstance(TrustManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm());
tmf.init(ksT);
SSLContext sc = SSLContext.getInstance("SSLv3");
sc.init(kmf.getKeyManagers(), tmf.getTrustManagers(), new java.security.SecureRandom());
SSLSocketFactory factory = sc.getSocketFactory();
try{
// method to load the values of the strings strCabecalhoMsg and strDadosMsg
carregarXMLCabecalhoDados();
SSLSocket socket =(SSLSocket)factory.createSocket(HTTPS_ADDRESS, PORT_NUMBER);
socket.startHandshake();
String [] arr = socket.getEnabledProtocols();
URL url = new URL("https://10.200.140.117/dirNotes");
HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultSSLSocketFactory(factory);
HttpsURLConnection urlc = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
urlc.setDoInput(true);
urlc.setUseCaches(false);
Object[] params = {strCabecalhoMsg, strDadosMsg};
Service service = new Service();
Call call = (Call) service.createCall();
call.setTargetEndpointAddress(url);
call.setOperationName("serviceName");
String ret = (String) call.invoke(params);
System.out.println("Result: " + ret);
catch (UnknownHostException uhe) {
uhe.printStackTrace();
System.err.println(uhe);
catch (Exception uhe) {
uhe.printStackTrace();
System.err.println(uhe);
private static void carregarXMLCabecalhoDados()
try
BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader( new FileReader("notas/cabecalho.xml"));
String str;
while((str=input.readLine()) != null)
strCabecalhoMsg += str ;
System.out.println("Cabe�a: " + strCabecalhoMsg);
input = new BufferedReader( new FileReader("notas/nota.xml"));
while((str=input.readLine()) != null)
strDadosMsg += str ;
System.out.println("Nota: " + strDadosMsg);
catch (FileNotFoundException e)
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
catch (IOException e)
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
_THE TRACE_
adding as trusted cert:
Subject: [email protected], CN=http://www.valicert.com/, OU=ValiCert Class 2 Policy Validation Authority, O="ValiCert, Inc.", L=ValiCert Validation Network
Issuer: [email protected], CN=http://www.valicert.com/, OU=ValiCert Class 2 Policy Validation Authority, O="ValiCert, Inc.", L=ValiCert Validation Network
Algorithm: RSA; Serial number: 0x1
Valid from Fri Jun 25 21:19:54 BRT 1999 until Tue Jun 25 21:19:54 BRT 2019
*others trusted certs*
trigger seeding of SecureRandom
done seeding SecureRandom
export control - checking the cipher suites
export control - no cached value available...
export control - storing legal entry into cache...
%% No cached client session
*** ClientHello, TLSv1
RandomCookie: GMT: 1198158630 bytes = { 48, 135, 53, 24, 112, 72, 104, 220, 27, 114, 37, 42, 25, 77, 224, 32, 12, 58, 90, 217, 232, 3, 104, 251, 93, 82, 40, 91 }
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]
Compression Methods: { 0 }
main, WRITE: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 73
main, WRITE: SSLv2 client hello message, length = 98
main, READ: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 3953
*** ServerHello, TLSv1
RandomCookie: GMT: 1198158523 bytes = { 56, 166, 181, 215, 86, 245, 8, 55, 214, 108, 128, 50, 8, 11, 0, 209, 38, 62, 187, 185, 240, 231, 56, 161, 212, 111, 194, 79 }
Session ID: {222, 2, 0, 0, 147, 179, 182, 212, 18, 34, 199, 100, 168, 167, 48, 116, 140, 186, 151, 153, 226, 168, 163, 174, 24, 83, 208, 73, 179, 57, 86, 137}
Cipher Suite: SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5
Compression Method: 0
%% Created: [Session-1, SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5]
** SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5
*** Certificate chain
chain [0] = [
Version: V3
*many chains and related data*
Found trusted certificate:
Version: V3
Subject:
*many trusted certificates and related data*
*** ServerHelloDone
*** ClientKeyExchange, RSA PreMasterSecret, TLSv1
Random Secret: { 3, 1, 117, 112, 233, 166, 240, 9, 226, 67, 53, 111, 194, 84, 124, 103, 197, 28, 17, 36, 32, 48, 145, 166, 161, 61, 30, 63, 153, 214, 137, 113, 222, 204, 138, 77, 212, 75, 65, 192, 159, 215, 69, 156, 47, 188, 179, 219 }
main, WRITE: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 134
SESSION KEYGEN:
PreMaster Secret:
0000: 03 01 75 70 E9 A6 F0 09 E2 43 35 6F C2 54 7C 67 ..up.....C5o.T.g
0010: C5 1C 11 24 20 30 91 A6 A1 3D 1E 3F 99 D6 89 71 ...$ 0...=.?...q
0020: DE CC 8A 4D D4 4B 41 C0 9F D7 45 9C 2F BC B3 DB ...M.KA...E./...
CONNECTION KEYGEN:
Client Nonce:
0000: 47 6A 73 26 30 87 35 18 70 48 68 DC 1B 72 25 2A Gjs&0.5.pHh..r%*
0010: 19 4D E0 20 0C 3A 5A D9 E8 03 68 FB 5D 52 28 5B .M. .:Z...h.]R([
Server Nonce:
0000: 47 6A 73 BB 38 A6 B5 D7 56 F5 08 37 D6 6C 80 32 Gjs.8...V..7.l.2
0010: 08 0B 00 D1 26 3E BB B9 F0 E7 38 A1 D4 6F C2 4F ....&>....8..o.O
Master Secret:
0000: 0B 3A 71 F8 BB 79 5E 07 78 C2 5F 13 4F 92 9D 87 .:q..y^.x._.O...
0010: CF 69 0D 07 78 D2 59 46 1E C3 C1 5B A2 DB 04 B9 .i..x.YF...[....
0020: 42 60 92 48 59 8E FD FD C3 5B BD 00 9C 54 7A 7E B`.HY....[...Tz.
Client MAC write Secret:
0000: 33 7C 19 C4 75 D2 CE 82 39 98 37 E5 7D 20 CB B1 3...u...9.7.. ..
Server MAC write Secret:
0000: 1E 1E 48 C7 D4 77 23 E4 22 26 8B 98 2E 92 5C 95 ..H..w#."&....\.
Client write key:
0000: EE 05 39 76 B2 85 63 6C F7 70 30 CB 6D 08 07 54 ..9v..cl.p0.m..T
Server write key:
0000: 5C 2E 3B 5E DC D9 EC C5 04 C4 D5 B5 12 11 B9 08 \.;^............
... no IV for cipher
main, WRITE: TLSv1 Change Cipher Spec, length = 1
*** Finished
verify_data: { 143, 115, 243, 131, 242, 244, 12, 44, 191, 172, 205, 122 }
main, WRITE: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 32
main, READ: TLSv1 Change Cipher Spec, length = 1
main, READ: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 32
*** Finished
verify_data: { 231, 215, 37, 250, 177, 121, 111, 192, 11, 41, 1, 165 }
%% Cached client session: [Session-1, SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5]
setting up default SSLSocketFactory
use default SunJSSE impl class: com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketFactoryImpl
class com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketFactoryImpl is loaded
keyStore is : Certificados/certificadoSondaMonitor.jks
keyStore type is : JKS
keyStore provider is :
init keystore
init keymanager of type SunX509
trustStore is: Certificados\cacerts
trustStore type is : jks
trustStore provider is :
init truststore
adding as trusted cert:
Subject: [email protected], CN=http://www.valicert.com/, OU=ValiCert Class 2 Policy Validation Authority, O="ValiCert, Inc.", L=ValiCert Validation Network
Issuer: [email protected], CN=http://www.valicert.com/, OU=ValiCert Class 2 Policy Validation Authority, O="ValiCert, Inc.", L=ValiCert Validation Network
Algorithm: RSA; Serial number: 0x1
Valid from Fri Jun 25 21:19:54 BRT 1999 until Tue Jun 25 21:19:54 BRT 2019
adding as trusted cert:
* many certificates*
init context
trigger seeding of SecureRandom
done seeding SecureRandom
instantiated an instance of class com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketFactoryImpl
export control - checking the cipher suites
export control - found legal entry in cache...
%% No cached client session
*** ClientHello, TLSv1
RandomCookie: GMT: 1198158632 bytes = { 93, 1, 41, 236, 165, 146, 251, 117, 129, 195, 129, 72, 245, 181, 43, 48, 80, 251, 244, 198, 223, 85, 82, 101, 20, 159, 17, 26 }
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]
Compression Methods: { 0 }
main, WRITE: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 73
main, WRITE: SSLv2 client hello message, length = 98
main, READ: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 3953
*** ServerHello, TLSv1
RandomCookie: GMT: 1198158525 bytes = { 109, 114, 234, 1, 130, 97, 251, 9, 61, 105, 56, 246, 239, 222, 97, 143, 22, 254, 65, 213, 10, 204, 153, 67, 237, 133, 223, 48 }
Session ID: {23, 30, 0, 0, 26, 129, 168, 21, 252, 107, 124, 183, 171, 228, 138, 227, 94, 17, 195, 213, 216, 233, 205, 2, 117, 16, 21, 65, 123, 119, 171, 109}
Cipher Suite: SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5
Compression Method: 0
%% Created: [Session-2, SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5]
** SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5
*** Certificate chain
chain [0] = [
many chains again
*** ServerHelloDone
*** ClientKeyExchange, RSA PreMasterSecret, TLSv1
Random Secret: { 3, 1, 116, 247, 155, 227, 25, 25, 231, 129, 199, 76, 134, 222, 98, 69, 149, 224, 75, 6, 60, 121, 115, 216, 244, 246, 102, 92, 188, 64, 113, 56, 190, 43, 32, 51, 90, 254, 141, 184, 71, 48, 41, 29, 173, 180, 46, 116 }
main, WRITE: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 134
SESSION KEYGEN:
PreMaster Secret:
0000: 03 01 74 F7 9B E3 19 19 E7 81 C7 4C 86 DE 62 45 ..t........L..bE
0010: 95 E0 4B 06 3C 79 73 D8 F4 F6 66 5C BC 40 71 38 ..K.<ys...f\.@q8
0020: BE 2B 20 33 5A FE 8D B8 47 30 29 1D AD B4 2E 74 .+ 3Z...G0)....t
CONNECTION KEYGEN:
Client Nonce:
0000: 47 6A 73 28 5D 01 29 EC A5 92 FB 75 81 C3 81 48 Gjs(].)....u...H
0010: F5 B5 2B 30 50 FB F4 C6 DF 55 52 65 14 9F 11 1A ..+0P....URe....
Server Nonce:
0000: 47 6A 73 BD 6D 72 EA 01 82 61 FB 09 3D 69 38 F6 Gjs.mr...a..=i8.
0010: EF DE 61 8F 16 FE 41 D5 0A CC 99 43 ED 85 DF 30 ..a...A....C...0
Master Secret:
0000: FC C9 75 A4 2B F1 8A D8 AD 16 27 70 B7 E4 64 6C ..u.+.....'p..dl
0010: 05 D7 33 4A 53 91 2F 51 1E 32 D3 3B 2E 18 2E BC ..3JS./Q.2.;....
0020: E4 16 EE 2F 01 A1 08 48 19 09 32 68 CE 69 8F B1 .../...H..2h.i..
Client MAC write Secret:
0000: F1 95 3B CE 06 5B 8A 9B EC DE 1C 8F B4 AB D9 36 ..;..[.........6
Server MAC write Secret:
0000: BF 52 36 48 63 24 FE 74 22 BE 00 99 BE F0 6E E5 .R6Hc$.t".....n.
Client write key:
0000: 9F 08 0A 6E 8F 54 A3 66 1C BC C7 6B AE 88 67 E0 ...n.T.f...k..g.
Server write key:
0000: 06 A1 0B 4F 69 DE 5F AF 0E 6B B5 04 ED E8 EA F5 ...Oi._..k......
... no IV for cipher
main, WRITE: TLSv1 Change Cipher Spec, length = 1
*** Finished
verify_data: { 148, 93, 105, 42, 110, 212, 55, 2, 150, 191, 13, 111 }
main, WRITE: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 32
main, READ: TLSv1 Change Cipher Spec, length = 1
main, READ: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 32
*** Finished
verify_data: { 171, 150, 45, 10, 99, 35, 67, 174, 35, 52, 23, 192 }
%% Cached client session: [Session-2, SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5]
main, setSoTimeout(600000) called
main, WRITE: TLSv1 Application Data, length = 282
main, WRITE: TLSv1 Application Data, length = 8208
main, WRITE: TLSv1 Application Data, length = 1102
main, READ: TLSv1 Application Data, length = 1830
main, received EOFException: ignored
main, called closeInternal(false)
main, SEND TLSv1 ALERT: warning, description = close_notify
main, WRITE: TLSv1 Alert, length = 18
main, called close()
main, called closeInternal(true)
AxisFault
faultCode: {http://xml.apache.org/axis/}HTTP
faultSubcode:
faultString: (404)Not Found
faultActor:
faultNode:
faultDetail:
     {}:return code: 404
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>The page cannot be found</TITLE>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" Content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252">
<STYLE type="text/css">
BODY { font: 8pt/12pt verdana }
H1 { font: 13pt/15pt verdana }
H2 { font: 8pt/12pt verdana }
A:link { color: red }
A:visited { color: maroon }
</STYLE>
</HEAD><BODY><TABLE width=500 border=0 cellspacing=10><TR><TD>
<h1>The page cannot be found</h1>
The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
<hr>
<p>Please try the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Make sure that the Web site address displayed in the address bar of your browser is spelled and formatted correctly.</li>
<li>If you reached this page by clicking a link, contact
the Web site administrator to alert them that the link is incorrectly formatted.
</li>
<li>Click the <a href="javascript:history.back(1)">Back</a> button to try another link.</li>
</ul>
<h2>HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found.<br>Internet Information Services (IIS)</h2>
<hr>
<p>Technical Information (for support personnel)</p>
<ul>
<li>Go to <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=8180">Microsoft Product Support Services</a> and perform a title search for the words <b>HTTP</b> and <b>404</b>.</li>
<li>Open <b>IIS Help</b>, which is accessible in IIS Manager (inetmgr),
and search for topics titled <b>Web Site Setup</b>, <b>Common Administrative Tasks</b>, and <b>About Custom Error Messages</b>.</li>
</ul>
</TD></TR></TABLE></BODY></HTML>
     {http://xml.apache.org/axis/}HttpErrorCode:404
(404)Not Found
     at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.readFromSocket(HTTPSender.java:744)
     at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.invoke(HTTPSender.java:144)
     at org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java:32)
     at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:118)
     at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:83)
     at org.apache.axis.client.AxisClient.invoke(AxisClient.java:165)
     at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invokeEngine(Call.java:2784)
     at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2767)
     at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2443)
     at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2366)
     at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1812)
     at principal.SSLClient.main(SSLClient.java:86)
(404)Not Found
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Answer 1

I'm having the same problem with the same URL. I try many configuration and nothing works. My code is:
public class NFeClient {
     static{
          Security.addProvider(new BouncyCastleProvider());
     public static void main(final String[] args) throws Exception {
          final String path = "https://homologacao.nfe.sefaz.rs.gov.br/ws/nfeconsulta/nfeconsulta.asmx";
          final String keyStoreProvider = "BC";
          final String keyStoreType = "PKCS12";
          final String keyStore = "/home/mendes/certificados/cert.p12";
          final String keyStorePassword = "xxxx";
          System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStoreProvider",keyStoreProvider);
          System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStoreType",keyStoreType);
          System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStore",keyStore);
          System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword",keyStorePassword);
          System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore","/home/mendes/workspace/NFE/jssecacerts");
          final SSLContext context =  SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
          final KeyManagerFactory kmf = KeyManagerFactory.getInstance("SunX509");
          final KeyStore ks = KeyStore.getInstance(keyStoreType);
          ks.load(new FileInputStream(keyStore), keyStorePassword.toCharArray());
          kmf.init(ks, keyStorePassword.toCharArray());
          context.init(kmf.getKeyManagers(), null, null);
          final URL url = new URL(path);
          final HttpsURLConnection httpsConnection = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
          httpsConnection.setDoInput(true);
          httpsConnection.setRequestMethod("GET");
          httpsConnection.setRequestProperty("Host", "iis-server");
          httpsConnection.setRequestProperty("UserAgent", "Mozilla/4.0");
          httpsConnection.setSSLSocketFactory(context.getSocketFactory());
          try{
               final InputStream is = httpsConnection.getInputStream();
               final byte[] buff = new byte[1024];
               int readed;
               while((readed = is.read(buff)) > 0)
                    System.out.write(buff,0,readed);
          }catch(final IOException ioe){
               ioe.printStackTrace();
}and the response of the server is always the same:
java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: https://homologacao.nfe.sefaz.rs.gov.br/ws/nfeconsulta/nfeconsulta.asmx
     at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1241)
     at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:234)
     at br.com.esales.nfe.signer.client.NFeClient.main(NFeClient.java:60)Edited by: mendes on Apr 25, 2008 9:56 AM