Java SSL: how to disable hostname verification

Question

Is there a way for the standard java SSL sockets to disable hostname verfication for ssl connections with a property? The only way I found until now, is to write a hostname

Answer 1

I also had the same problem while accessing RESTful web services. And I their with the below code to overcome the issue:

public class Test {
    //Bypassing the SSL verification to execute our code successfully 
    static {
        disableSSLVerification();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {    
        //Access HTTPS URL and do something    
    }
    //Method used for bypassing SSL verification
    public static void disableSSLVerification() {

        TrustManager[] trustAllCerts = new TrustManager[] { new X509TrustManager() {
            public java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
                return null;
            }

            public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] certs, String authType) {
            }

            public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] certs, String authType) {
            }

        } };

        SSLContext sc = null;
        try {
            sc = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
            sc.init(null, trustAllCerts, new java.security.SecureRandom());
        } catch (KeyManagementException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultSSLSocketFactory(sc.getSocketFactory());

        HostnameVerifier allHostsValid = new HostnameVerifier() {
            public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
                return true;
            }
        };      
        HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(allHostsValid);           
    }
}

It worked for me. try it!!