Mutual Authentication with x509 Certificates using HttpClient 4.0.1

Question

Does anyone have any friendly tips on how to perform client authentication via an x509 certificate using HTTPClient 4.0.1?

Answer 1

Another solution (copied from another example). I've used the same keystore for both 'trusting' (trustStore) and for authenticate myself (keyStore).

 KeyStore trustStore  = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
 FileInputStream instream = new FileInputStream(new File("miller.keystore"));
 try {
     trustStore.load(instream, "pw".toCharArray());
 } finally {
     instream.close();
 }

 SSLContext sslcontext = SSLContexts.custom()
         .loadTrustMaterial(trustStore) /* this key store must contain the certs needed & trusted to verify the servers cert */
         .loadKeyMaterial(trustStore, "pw".toCharArray()) /* this keystore must contain the key/cert of the client */
         .build();

 SSLConnectionSocketFactory sslsf = new SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslcontext,
         SSLConnectionSocketFactory.BROWSER_COMPATIBLE_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER);
 CloseableHttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.custom()
         .setSSLSocketFactory(sslsf)
         .build();
 try {

     HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet("https://localhost");

     System.out.println("executing request" + httpget.getRequestLine());

     CloseableHttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httpget);
     try {
         HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();

         System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
         System.out.println(response.getStatusLine());
         if (entity != null) {
             System.out.println("Response content length: " + entity.getContentLength());
         }
         EntityUtils.consume(entity);
     } finally {
         response.close();
     }
 } finally {
     httpclient.close();
 }