"javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: No appropriate protocol (protocol is disabled or cipher suites are inappropriate)" raised by MSSQL driver in JBoss EAP

Issue

• Attempting to connect to database using MSSQL driver and encountering No appropriate protocol error

2025-09-13 16:41:22,757 WARN  [org.jboss.jca.core.connectionmanager.pool.strategy.OnePool] (External Management Request Threads -- 3) IJ000604: Throwable while attempting to get a new connection: null: jakarta.resource.ResourceException: IJ031084: Unable to create connection
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Caused by: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: The driver could not establish a secure connection to SQL Server by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption. Error: "No appropriate protocol (protocol is disabled or cipher suites are inappropriate)".
    at deployment.sqljdbc4.jar//com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.terminate(SQLServerConnection.java:1368)
    at deployment.sqljdbc4.jar//com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.TDSChannel.enableSSL(IOBuffer.java:1412)
    at deployment.sqljdbc4.jar//com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.connectHelper(SQLServerConnection.java:1058)
    at deployment.sqljdbc4.jar//com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.login(SQLServerConnection.java:833)
    at deployment.sqljdbc4.jar//com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.connect(SQLServerConnection.java:716)
    at deployment.sqljdbc4.jar//com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver.connect(SQLServerDriver.java:841)
    at org.jboss.ironjacamar.jdbcadapters@3.0.8.Final-redhat-00001//org.jboss.jca.adapters.jdbc.local.LocalManagedConnectionFactory.createLocalManagedConnection(LocalManagedConnectionFactory.java:335)
    ... 37 more
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: No appropriate protocol (protocol is disabled or cipher suites are inappropriate)
    at java.base/sun.security.ssl.HandshakeContext.<init>(HandshakeContext.java:162)
    at java.base/sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshakeContext.<init>(ClientHandshakeContext.java:103)
    at java.base/sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.kickstart(TransportContext.java:252)
    at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:448)
    at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:426)
    at deployment.sqljdbc4.jar//com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.TDSChannel.enableSSL(IOBuffer.java:1379)
    ... 42 more