Openssl's s_client connection fails with JBoss EAP 5 when using cipher as "HIGH"
Issue
- When running a JBoss EAP 5.2.0 running on a port 8443:
- With below deploy/jbossweb.sar/server.xml configuration:
<Connector protocol="HTTP/1.1" SSLEnabled="true"
port="8443" address="${jboss.bind.address}"
scheme="https" secure="true" clientAuth="false"
keystoreFile="/path/to/server.keystore"
keystorePass="changeme" sslProtocol = "TLS" />
- When running the
openssl s_client -connect localhost:8880 -cipher "HIGH"the following issue occurs:-
[root@itops-tco-227 smarts-ncm]# openssl s_client -connect localhost:8880 -cipher "HIGH"
CONNECTED(00000003)
...
verify error:num=18:self signed certificate
verify return:1
depth=...
verify return:1
11286:error:14094410:SSL routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:sslv3 alert handshake failure:s3_pkt.c:1086:SSL alert number 40
11286:error:140790E5:SSL routines:SSL23_WRITE:ssl handshake failure:s23_lib.c:188:
Environment
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
- 5.2.0
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