javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: “Remote host closed connection during handshake” opening an HTTPS page with HTMLUnit

While trying to fetch the HTTPS page https://portal.mvp.bafin.de/database/AnteileInfo/ using HTML Unit 2.23 under Java 7, Ubuntu Linux, I received the following exception: Remote host closed connection during handshake

The code was the following

  The problem was solved upgrading to Java 8. I upgraded to Java 8 after reading Oracle’s blog about HTTPS … Continue reading “javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: “Remote host closed connection during handshake” opening an HTTPS page with HTMLUnit”