Dave, On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 11:21 AM, David Thielen <[email protected]> wrote: > I have some simple code that does what I think is a correct & basic request > to read the url https://httpbin.org/digest-auth/auth/user/passwd > > Reading that url in a browser works fine. But the code throws: > Exception in thread "main" javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: > sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: > sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find > valid certification path to requested target at > sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException > > I have the code and full exception stack at > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/43146218/https-digest-request-failing-with-security-exception > (not repeated here to keep this email short). > > Any ideas?
httpbin.org uses SSL cert from Let's Encrypt, and you are most likely hitting an issue with your JRE missing their CA certs. See https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certificate-error-sun-security-validator-validatorexception-pkix-path-building-failed-sun-security-provider-certpath-suncertpathbuilderexception-unable-to-find-valid-certification-path-to-requested-target/28283 > > Thanks - dave > - Bindul --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
