TLSv1 connection failed with handshake failure
<p>I Try to establish an TLS connection with a remote server (in a Java 7 client application) but I can't understand the error that occurs at the end of the handshake phase.</p>

<p>However, I found in logs this steps that are OK:</p>

<ul>
<li>ClientHello and ServerHello occurs</li>
<li>They meet on TLSv1 with TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA cipher suite.</li>
<li>Client gets the server certificate</li>
<li>Certificate is known in Java trustStore</li>
<li>The session key is generated and shared</li>
<li>Client sends verification request</li>
<li><strong>Client receive an ALERT</strong> on the previous request.</li>
</ul>

<p>Logs are below (I know that this informations are public, but I prefer to replace some of informations below with xxxxx):</p>

<pre><code>*** ClientHello, TLSv1
RandomCookie:  GMT: 1457187030 bytes = { 203, 230, 21, 102, 49, 116, 144, 208, 65, 56, 189, 59, 187, 202, 135, 116, 34, 12, 12, 108, 140, 192, 134, 248, 224, 95, 62, 206 }
Session ID:  {}
Cipher Suites: [TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, SSL_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_DSS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5, TLS_EMPTY_RENEGOTIATION_INFO_SCSV, SSL_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_DSS_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA, SSL_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_MD5, SSL_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_DSS_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA, TLS_KRB5_WITH_RC4_128_SHA, TLS_KRB5_WITH_RC4_128_MD5, TLS_KRB5_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, TLS_KRB5_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_MD5, TLS_KRB5_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA, TLS_KRB5_WITH_DES_CBC_MD5, TLS_KRB5_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_SHA, TLS_KRB5_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_MD5, TLS_KRB5_EXPORT_WITH_DES_CBC_40_SHA, TLS_KRB5_EXPORT_WITH_DES_CBC_40_MD5]
Compression Methods:  { 0 }
Extension server_name, server_name: [host_name: toto.fr]
***
actionThreadPoolExecutor-1, WRITE: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 127
actionThreadPoolExecutor-1, READ: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 85
*** ServerHello, TLSv1
RandomCookie:  GMT: -1851106123 bytes = { 154, 79, 112, 4, 18, 128, 113, 248, 236, 128, 147, 254, 224, 152, 167, 28, 122, 146, 115, 216, 118, 202, 52, 242, 178, 31, 191, 229 }
Session ID:  {242, 247, 110, 41, 51, 194, 94, 53, 3, 168, 235, 147, 197, 255, 91, 2, 237, 109, 62, 241, 111, 22, 177, 245, 106, 165, 18, 157, 157, 225, 157, 199}
Cipher Suite: TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
Compression Method: 0
Extension server_name, server_name:
Extension renegotiation_info, renegotiated_connection: &lt;empty&gt;
***
%% Initialized:  [Session-1, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA]
** TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
actionThreadPoolExecutor-1, READ: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 742
*** Certificate chain
chain [0] = [
[
  Version: V3
  Subject: OU=DSI, O=TOTO, L=PARIS, ST=FRANCE, C=FR
  Signature Algorithm: SHA1withRSA, OID = xxxx

  Key:  Sun RSA public key, 1024 bits
  modulus: XXXXXXX
  public exponent: xxxxx
  Validity: [From: Tue Feb 19 20:31:08 CET 2013,
               To: Fri Feb 17 20:31:08 CET 2023]
  Issuer: OU=DSI, O=TOTO, L=PARIS, ST=FRANCE, C=FR
  SerialNumber: [    xxx xxx]

Certificate Extensions: 3
[1]: ObjectId: 2.5.29.35 Criticality=false
AuthorityKeyIdentifier [
KeyIdentifier [
0000: xxxx
0010: xxxx
]
[OU=DSI, O=TOTO, L=PARIS, ST=FRANCE, C=FR]
SerialNumber: [    xxxx xxxx]
]

[2]: ObjectId: xxx Criticality=false
BasicConstraints:[
  CA:true
  PathLen:xxx
]

[3]: ObjectId: 2.5.29.14 Criticality=false
SubjectKeyIdentifier [
KeyIdentifier [
0000: xxxxx
0010: xxxxx
]
]

]
  Algorithm: [SHA1withRSA]
  Signature:
xxxxxx

]
***
Found trusted certificate:
[
[
  Version: V3
  Subject: OU=DSI, O=TOTO, L=PARIS, ST=FRANCE, C=FR
  Signature Algorithm: SHA1withRSA, OID = xxxxx

  Key:  Sun RSA public key, 1024 bits
  modulus: xxxxx
  public exponent: xxxxx
  Validity: [From: Tue Feb 19 20:31:08 CET 2013,
               To: Fri Feb 17 20:31:08 CET 2023]
  Issuer: OU=DSI, O=TOTO, L=PARIS, ST=FRANCE, C=FR
  SerialNumber: [    xxxxx xxxxx]

Certificate Extensions: 3
[1]: ObjectId: xxxxx Criticality=false
AuthorityKeyIdentifier [
KeyIdentifier [
0000: xxxxx
0010: xxxxx
]
[OU=DSI, O=TOTO, L=PARIS, ST=FRANCE, C=FR]
SerialNumber: [    xxxxx xxxxx]
]

[2]: ObjectId: xxxxx Criticality=false
BasicConstraints:[
  CA:true
  PathLen:xxxxx
]

[3]: ObjectId: xxxxx Criticality=false
SubjectKeyIdentifier [
KeyIdentifier [
0000: xxxxx
0010: xxxxx
]
]

]
  Algorithm: [SHA1withRSA]
  Signature:
xxxxx

]
actionThreadPoolExecutor-1, READ: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 100
*** CertificateRequest
Cert Types: RSA, DSS, ECDSA
Cert Authorities:
&lt;OU=DSI, O=TOTO, L=PARIS, ST=FRANCE, C=FR&gt;
*** ServerHelloDone
*** Certificate chain
***
*** ClientKeyExchange, RSA PreMasterSecret, TLSv1
actionThreadPoolExecutor-1, WRITE: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 141
SESSION KEYGEN:
PreMaster Secret:
0000: xxxxx
0010: xxxxx
0020: xxxxx
CONNECTION KEYGEN:
Client Nonce:
0000: xxxxx
0010: xxxxx
Server Nonce:
0000: xxxxx
0010: xxxxx
Master Secret:
0000: xxxxx
0010: xxxxx
0020: xxxxx
Client MAC write Secret:
0000: xxxxx
0010: xxxxx
Server MAC write Secret:
0000: xxxxx
0010: xxxxx
Client write key:
0000: xxxxx
0010: xxxxx
Server write key:
0000: xxxxx
0010: xxxxx
Client write IV:
0000: xxxxx
Server write IV:
0000: xxxxx
actionThreadPoolExecutor-1, WRITE: TLSv1 Change Cipher Spec, length = 1
*** Finished
verify_data:  { 133, 240, 14, 227, 40, 216, 150, 52, 90, 136, 122, 71 }
***
actionThreadPoolExecutor-1, WRITE: TLSv1 Handshake, length = 48
actionThreadPoolExecutor-1, READ: TLSv1 Alert, length = 2
actionThreadPoolExecutor-1, RECV TLSv1 ALERT:  fatal, handshake_failure
%% Invalidated:  [Session-1, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA]
actionThreadPoolExecutor-1, called closeSocket()
actionThreadPoolExecutor-1, handling exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: handshake_failure
</code></pre>

<p>May you have any idea of the reason of the handshake failure ?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance !</p>