Clash between axis client and secure ftp

[John Farrel]

I have client code calling a web service in a painfully convoluted manner, as detailed here.

Elsewhere in another thread I have code creating a secure ftp connection using ftp4che library.

That code is called like so:

            Properties pt = new Properties();
            pt.setProperty("connection.host", hostname);
            pt.setProperty("connection.port", this.port);
            pt.setProperty("user.login", username);
            pt.setProperty("user.password", password);
            pt.setProperty("connection.type", "AUTH_SSL_FTP_CONNECTION");
            pt.setProperty("connection.timeout", "60000");
            pt.setProperty("connection.passive", "true");
            

            FTPConnection ftp = FTPConnectionFactory.getInstance(pt);

            ftp.connect();
            ftp.noOperation();

If I attempt to create the ftp connection after any (successful) call to the web service, I get this error:

- 234 Proceed with negotiation.
Could not connect to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
- javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Received fatal alert: bad_record_mac
javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Received fatal alert: bad_record_mac
javax.net.ssl.SSLException: 
        Connection has been shutdown: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Received fatal alert: bad_record_mac
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:166)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.checkEOF(SSLSocketImpl.java:1232)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.checkWrite(SSLSocketImpl.java:1244)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.AppOutputStream.write(AppOutputStream.java:43)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:117)
	at org.ftp4che.io.SSLSupport.write(SSLSupport.java:129)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.recvAlert(SSLSocketImpl.java:1650)
	at org.ftp4che.io.SocketProvider.write(SocketProvider.java:152)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:925)
	at org.ftp4che.FTPConnection.sendCommand(FTPConnection.java:350)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1089)
	at org.ftp4che.impl.SecureFTPConnection.negotiateAndLogin(SecureFTPConnection.java:100)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1116)
	at org.ftp4che.impl.SecureFTPConnection.connect(SecureFTPConnection.java:68)
	at com.utilibill.frontend.UtbFTPSClient.connect(UtbFTPSClient.java:106)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1100)
	at com.utilibill.frontend.UtbFTPSClient.main(UtbFTPSClient.java:250)

Googling tells me this error occurs when the ftp server is set to SSLv3 and the client attempts an SSLv2 connection.
So it seems like axis is setting some system-wide setting that causes this.
Does anyone have an idea how this could be fixed?

John

[John Farrel]

So just me then.