SSL handshakes randomly fail on Java 7

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Issue

  • SSL/TLS handshakes with Diffie-Hellman cipher suites randomly fail from invalid padding exceptions.
  • IOException in getSession(): javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Invalid padding
  • javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Invalid Padding length: 79 (number may vary)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
    • OpenJDK 7
    • Oracle JRE 1.7
  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)

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