javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: handshake_failure when using JMeter with SSL (JDK8)

Question

I am writing a JMeter test plan to connect to SSL port (Tomcat Connector). I receive a SSLHandshakeException (handshake_failure) when connecting to SSL port using any of the

Answer 1

I was getting same exception in JDK7_u80. javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: handshake_failure. Even after I replace jars in security folders with JCE jar.

I installed new version JDK8_u92 and set the environment path to newly installed Java8. And jmeter issue is resolved now.