If so, How do you set certificate for authentication, what files do you need? is it .pfx? How would you install that in browser? Been stuck trying to test 2 way ssl through browser. I have a webservice, and trying to connect always returns certification authentication failed.
Expanding on nickrak's answer. 2-way SSL means that the client trusts the webservice, and that the webservice trusts/authenticates the client.
On the webservice side:
Add the client's CA cert into the webservice's trusted certificates. The "CN" in the webservice server certificate must match the URL of the webservice. The webservice server certificate must not be expired. The webservice may choose to do further authentication based on the client certificate...for example, is the client certificate in a "whitelist" of authorized clients. Perhaps the webservice has multiple levels of access, so the client certificate is checked to determine how much access to give the client.
On the client side:
The CA that signed the webservice server certificate will need to be added to the client's trusted certificate list. In a browser, this will be in the "Trusted Root Certification Authorities" section (IE, Chrome) or "Authorities" section (Firefox). The extensions for these certificates are usually .der, .cer, .crt, or .pem. Also, the client's own private key/certificate combination need to be added to the client browser. This will be in the "Personal" section (IE, Chrome) or "Your Certificates" (Firefox). The extensions for these keystores are usually .p12 or .pfx.
Add the client's CA's public certificate to the Trusted Root Certificate Store.
Add the client's public and private key to the browser's Personal Certificate Store. (usually a pfx, but might also be a der/pem/crt/cer.)
Navigate to page requiring certificate
Optionally, depending on browser: select the certificate you want to use for this connection.
Hopefully, success.
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I am a newbie when it comes to SSL. So I could use some expertise here regarding my situation.
I have a Java based web app that makes SSL API calls. The API and web app, both are hosted in the same server (myserver), and web app makes API calls. Now for testing purpose, we created a self signed certificate with the local domain name and server name (myserver.mydomain.local) and added to the cacerts. SSL handlshake works as desired.
But now, our client is using a CA certificate which they imported to cacerts. And during the SSL handshake, the web app client complains that the certificate issued by the
CN=abc-dns.com,OU=Root Certificate, OU=WASFarmLLLCell01, OU=WASFarmLLLCellManager01, O=IBM, C=US is not trusted; where abc-dns.com is the server name where the API is hosted through Web Sphere.
Do they need to add a self signed certificate in the trust store with the server name abc-dns.com in it to resolve the SSL handshake? Any tips will be greatly appreciated.
The public key from abc-dns.com needs to be added to the truststore of the server that is throwing the handshake exception. There are multiple ways of doing that, here's one:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQTP_9.0.5/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/ae/usec_sslretrievesignercert.html
Good day,
As my understanding, if an application needs to connect to a https web service, I have to download the cert from the URL and import the cert to WAS Console. This is working fine for me.
Until today, the application has to call a new https URL. Same way, I download the cert and import the cert into WAS Console, but application hitting peer not authenticated error.
After my checking, this URL is using CA cert, not the self-sign cert that I imported usually. May I know is it the way to import CA cert into WAS Console different?
Based on the screen shot below, I imported total 3 cents.
Am I doing the correct way? or for CA cert URL, I need to ask cert from the URL owner? instead of downloading myself.
Will it be caused by protocol issue? I already set the WAS setting protocol to SSL_TLSv2
Kindly advise.
WebSphere has a "retrieve signer from port" function in the SSL Certificate Management UI. That will connect to the host/port you instruct it to and find the root, self-signed issuer (if the server sends it, it's not required) and add it as trusted.
If the server does not send its root, self-signed issuer, you can always look at the last certificate it provides in the chain and add it manually.
I am using Spring Security to authenticate using an x.509 certificate, and it works only when the client certificate which is configured in the browser key-store is present in server trust-store.
How it is working currently:
I have configured the SSL client authentication as optional (server.ssl.client-auth=want , like in this post)
I have configured a server trust-store that contains all client certificates. If the certificate presented by the client is in the trust-store, the mutual SSL connection is created.
When I have the client certificate(s) present in the server-side trust-store, Firefox opens a popup with my client-side certificate(s), which I can choose and the mutual SSL connection is established.
I have configured Spring Security to extract the username from the SubjectDN of the client certificate and check it against a UserDetailsService. If a UserDetails object is returned for that username, the authentication process completes successfully
The problem is that if I remove the client-certificate from the server-side trust-store, Firefox doesn't open this popup anymore, and only a one-way SSL connection is made. Even if the Root CA cert is present in the server trust-store.
What I want:
store in the server trust-store only the certificate of a Root Certificate Authority
allow mutual SSL connection when the client presents a certificate issued by the Root CA in the server trust-store (even if the client certificate isn't present in the server trust-store)
I am also intrigued by two resources on the internet. In this tutorial on Baeldung, it says that all client certificates must be stored in the server trust-store for X.509 auth to work (which confirms my experience).
You must remember that for each user that should be verified by the server, its own certificate needs to be installed in the configured truststore. For small applications with only a few clients, this may perhaps be practicable, with an increasing number of clients it may lead to complex key-management for users.
However, this tutorial by #robinhowlett says that
The client will present its certificate in its keystore to the server, and the server will validate the client certificate’s chain using the CA certificate in the server’s truststore.
This is basically what I want to achieve, but am not able to.
Bottom line: did someone manage to store one or more Root CA certificates in the server trust-store and use client certificates issued by these Root CAs to authenticate via X.509 mutual SSL handshake in Spring Security?
I am using Spring Boot 1.5.2.RELEASE (spring-security-web 4.2.2.RELEASE). I have tested my working SSL authentication with Firefox 53.
I found my problem - I was modifying the trust-store (removing the client cert and leaving only the CA cert) while the server was up (Tomcat, in my case). But the trust-store is kept in memory and gets read only once, when the JVM is initialized (details on this ServerFault post). So trust-store changes are not being read during runtime by Tomcat.
So the answer is simple: yes, if only CA certs are present in the trust-store, during the SSL handshake the server communicates to the browser it wants client certificates issued by the trusted CAs and then the browser prompts the user to select a certificate that is issued by a trusted CA (if such a cert is present in the browser keystore).
However, if a CA is added dynamically to the server trust-store while the server is up and running, it won't be detected. The new CA will only be recognized after the server reboots (and the JVM is re-initialized).
Background
I have a .NET console application client that consumes a Java RESTful Service with TLS Client Authentication enabled (aka Mutual Authentication).
It should be the reverse of this SSL Socket between .Net and Java with client authentication
Problem
I am always getting this error: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel
I have no idea how to configure this correctly both on the client and server.
Steps Performed
The .NET console application is already including the CA, intermediate, and server certificates but the same error is being thrown.
I provided the server a Certificate Signing Request (CSR).
The server signed and provided a signed certificate back to me. The signed certificate is being included in the communications between the client and the server. However, the same error is being thrown.
Can anyone enlighten me on how to get a successful handshake?
This has been resolved.
Here are the steps:
Create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR).
Have the CSR signed by the server.
Get the signed certificate.
Include the signed certificate in the HTTP request.
Make sure to put the Self-Signed CA Certificate in the Local Computer's Trusted Root CA store.
Troubleshooting steps in order (do not skip if a certain step is not successful):
Test with HTTP
Test with HTTPS (one-way authentication)
Test with HTTPS (mutual authentication)
We have configure a Big F5 load balancer virtual server for a particular IP address which redirects incoming https requests to several Windows servers where there is functionality to generate responses.
I am using SoapUI to test access to these windows servers via the IP address of virtual server in the Big F5.
Using Server and Client certificates generated by the organization where the we have also this set up and sending requests via SoapUI I get the predicted responses back.
The business requirements call for Commercially signed certificates by Thawte.
We created a Certifcate Servcice Request (CSR) to generate a Server certificate and its private key and then we had it signed by Thawte, and also requested a Client Commercially signed certificate from Thawte.
We loaded both certificates in SoapUI client and the Big F5 load balancer but we attempting to test the requests we get the "javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Remote host closed connection during handshake" error.
My questions are:
How can I monitor where exactly the 2 way SSL handshake is terminated
The actual reason what exactly is happening?.. why using commercially signed certificates this does not work now?
Any replies are welcome. Thanks.
However when we swithch Serverto commercially signed by Thawte
This is possibly due to the Java security feature. If so you need to edit the soapui-4.x.x.vmoptions file located at soapui-4.x.x\bin folder and add -Dsun.security.ssl.allowUnsafeRenegotiation=true to the end.
You may also need to export the certificate as a pfx file and set it up in soapUI preference page. For details you can check http://geekswithblogs.net/gvdmaaden/archive/2011/02/24/how-to-configure-soapui-with-client-certificate-authentication.aspx and http://forums.devarticles.com/java-development-38/javax-net-ssl-sslhandshakeexception-received-fatal-alert-handshake-failure-11809.html .
The client is a SoapUI request that has not changed except a different client certificate
That suggests that the server doesn't trust the new client certificate, which in turn implies that the client certificate wasn't even sent because it wasn't signed by one of the server's trusted signers. Closing the connection is the server's only real option in this circumstance, as there isn't an SSL alert for it.
Make sure you have address translation on and the SNAt set to Auto Map for your VIP