SSLUtil.java

/**
 * Copyright 2014 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
 *
 * This file is part of CATS.
 *
 * CATS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * CATS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with CATS.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package com.comcast.cats.domain.util;

import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;

/**
 * SSL utility class.
 * 
 * @author subinsugunan
 */
public final class SSLUtil
{
    private SSLUtil()
    {
    }

    /**
     * to disable the certificate validation.
     * 
     */
    public static void disableCertificateValidation()
    {
        // Create a trust manager that does not validate certificate chains
        TrustManager[] trustAllCerts = new TrustManager[]
            { new X509TrustManager()
            {
                public java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers()
                {
                    return null;
                }

                public void checkClientTrusted( java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] certs, String authType )
                {
                }

                public void checkServerTrusted( java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] certs, String authType )
                {
                }
            } };

        // Install the all-trusting trust manager
        try
        {
            SSLContext sc = SSLContext.getInstance( "SSL" );
            sc.init( null, trustAllCerts, new java.security.SecureRandom() );
            HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultSSLSocketFactory( sc.getSocketFactory() );
        }
        catch ( Exception e )
        {
            throw new RuntimeException( e );
        }
    }
}