On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 12:21 -0700, Ray Hooker wrote:
> I am having trouble getting my client to timeout with a non-responsive host.
> I should say up front that I am doing authentication discovery to setup
> valid auth credentials for hosts that I am managing.
>
> The other big deal is that I am using https and the hosts have self-signed
> certificates. The reason I mention this it that I had to use a sample for
> custom protocol handler. This has been deprecated but works nicely:
>
> Protocol myhttps = new Protocol("https", (SecureProtocolSocketFactory) new
> EasySSLProtocolSocketFactory(), 443);
>
> Here is my code:
> ***********************Begin Code Snippet********* (I am importing
> apache.commons.httpclient version 3.1) HttpClient CTMclient = new
> HttpClient(); Protocol myhttps = new Protocol("https",
> (SecureProtocolSocketFactory) new EasySSLProtocolSocketFactory(), 443);
> Protocol.registerProtocol("https", myhttps);
> CTMclient.getParams().setAuthenticationPreemptive(true);
> CTMclient.getState().setCredentials(new AuthScope(AuthScope.ANY_HOST, 443,
> AuthScope.ANY_REALM), defaultcreds); CTMclient.setConnectionTimeout(15000);
> **** Note I am setting the timeout.
> GetMethod methodget = new
> GetMethod("https://"+CTMurl+"/cgi-bin?tbAction=TB_CONFIG_CALL_STATISTICS";);
>
> try {
> statusCode = CTMclient.executeMethod(methodget);
> .....................
> **********************End Code Snippet **************
>
> This works beautifully so long as the host is responsive. I am able to
> handle the unsigned certificate transparently and successfully authenticate.
> The only problem is that with non-responsive hosts, it never times out. I
> saw some code snippets setting the timeout using httpparms, but I then have
> to switch to BasicHttpClient and away from httpcommons libraries. I was not
> able to get the authentication to work.
>
> Does anyone have a way to set the timeout other than the above?.. or a
> pointer to working code examples that include authentication and the use of
> custom protocol for the self-signed cert?
>
> Ray
Ray,
I am confused. The subject mentions HttpClient 4.0.1 but the code posted
uses 3.x API.
Most likely the request never times out because the connection is
blocked at the SSL handshake. Please consider upgrading to version 4.x
which is better equipped to deal with such situations.
Oleg
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