Is it possible to get Java to ignore the “trust store” and just accept whatever SSL certificate it gets?

Question

I am trying to write an SSL client that sends mail using the javax.mail API. The problem I am having is that the server request that I use SSL, but the server is also config

Answer 1

Try this (answer to question 2):

System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", "/path/to/truststore");

You can also specify this as an additional command line parameter:

java -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=/path/to/truststore 

On Fedora this could be the system wide java trust store in /etc/pki/java/cacerts