HTTP URL results in SSLHandshake error

[Arul Govindarajan]

Hi,

I am using HttpClient 3.1 for an application that calls a service. This 
application takes the cookie from the original request and passes it on to the 
service to enable (use) SSO. I am accessing the service thru HTTP (no SSL). 
However, I am running into this exception.... 

javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: java.security.cert.CertificateException: 
Certificate not Trusted

I am not sure how a HTTP url goes into, seemingly, HTTPS. Any clues or 
workarounds to resolve this issue?

Thanks,
Arul

Here is excerpts from my code...
                connectionManager = 
                        new MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager();
                connectionManager.getParams().setMaxTotalConnections(30);

                client = new HttpClient(connectionManager);
                GetMethod method = new GetMethod(url);
                method.setFollowRedirects(false);
                method.getParams().setParameter(HttpMethodParams.RETRY_HANDLER,
                                new DefaultHttpMethodRetryHandler(0, false));
                method.setRequestHeader("Cookie", cookie);
                try 
                {
                        long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
                        int statusCode = client.executeMethod(method);
                        logger.info(method.getURI() + " took " 
                                        + (System.currentTimeMillis() - 
startTime) + " ms");

                        if (statusCode != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
                                logger.error("Failed: " + 
method.getStatusLine() + " : " + url);
                        }

                        String responseBody = method.getResponseBodyAsString();
                        if(statusCode == HttpStatus.SC_OK)
                        {
                                res = responseBody;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                                throw new 
Exception(String.valueOf(method.getStatusCode()) + method.getStatusText());
                        }
                } 
                catch (HttpException he) 
                {
                        logger.error("Fatal error: " + he.getMessage());
                        throw he;
                } 
                catch (Exception e) 
                {
                        logger.error("Fatal error: " + e.getMessage());
                        throw e;
                } 
                finally 
                {
                        // Release the connection.
                        method.releaseConnection();
                }