An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made
<p>As title says. I have tried using both NSURLSession and Alamofire. </p>

<p>Both are giving me the same errors. I am using the simulator and don't have access to a device. I have limitations and need it to work on the simulator.</p>

<p>I am trying to retrieve userlogin details from the server (again the server i don't have access to as another team is responsible.</p>

<pre><code>let headers = [
    "content-type": "application/json",
    "accept": "application/json",
    "appid": "test",
    "cache-control": "no-cache",
    "postman-token": "xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx"
]
let parameters = ["attributes": [
    "password": "test",
    "devicename": "My smartphone",
    "deviceid": "ABC99999999",
    "email": "xxxx@xxxx.co.uk"
    ]]


do {

    let postData = try NSJSONSerialization.dataWithJSONObject(parameters, options: .PrettyPrinted)

    let request = NSMutableURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string: "https://a-eco-oid-web-ppf-slo-vs-d.stbc2.jstest2.net:443/Identity/rest/appl/test/wflow/auth")!,
                                      cachePolicy: .UseProtocolCachePolicy,
                                      timeoutInterval: 10.0)
    request.HTTPMethod = "POST"
    request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
    request.HTTPBody = postData

    let session = NSURLSession.sharedSession()
    let dataTask = session.dataTaskWithRequest(request, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -&gt; Void in
        if (error != nil) {
            print(error?.localizedDescription)
        } else {
            let httpResponse = response as? NSHTTPURLResponse
            print(httpResponse)
        }
    })

    dataTask.resume()

} catch {

    print(error)
}
</code></pre>

<p>The Url is only for internal use so will not work outside our network.</p>

<p>These are the errors that i am getting constantly.</p>

<p><strong>"An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made."</strong></p>

<p><strong>"The certificate for this server is invalid. You might be connecting to a server that is pretending to be “a-eco-oid-web-ppf-slo-vs-d.stbc2.jstest2.net” which could put your confidential information at risk."</strong></p>

<p>I have searched and searched online but can not find any solution.</p>

<p>This is what my info.plist looks like:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;key&gt;NSAppTransportSecurity&lt;/key&gt;
&lt;dict&gt;
    &lt;key&gt;NSAllowsArbitraryLoads&lt;/key&gt;
    &lt;true/&gt;
    &lt;key&gt;NSExceptionDomains&lt;/key&gt;
    &lt;dict&gt;
        &lt;key&gt;a-eco-oid-web-ppf-slo-vs-d.stbc2.jstest2.net&lt;/key&gt;
        &lt;dict&gt;
            &lt;key&gt;NSRequiresCertificateTransparency&lt;/key&gt;
            &lt;string&gt;NO&lt;/string&gt;
            &lt;key&gt;NSThirdPartyExceptionMinimumTLSVersion&lt;/key&gt;
            &lt;string&gt;TLSv1.2&lt;/string&gt;
            &lt;key&gt;NSThirdPartyExceptionRequiresForwardSecrecy&lt;/key&gt;
            &lt;string&gt;YES&lt;/string&gt;
            &lt;key&gt;NSThirdPartyExceptionAllowInsecureHTTPSLoads&lt;/key&gt;
            &lt;false/&gt;
            &lt;key&gt;NSExceptionMinimumTLSVersion&lt;/key&gt;
            &lt;string&gt;TLSv1.2&lt;/string&gt;
            &lt;key&gt;NSExceptionRequiresForwardSecrecy&lt;/key&gt;
            &lt;true/&gt;
            &lt;key&gt;NSExceptionAllowsInsecureHTTPLoads&lt;/key&gt;
            &lt;true/&gt;
            &lt;key&gt;NSIncludeSubdomains&lt;/key&gt;
            &lt;true/&gt;
        &lt;/dict&gt;
    &lt;/dict&gt;
&lt;/dict&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>I have looked at the following posts and applied them already without any success:</p>

<p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31945078/how-to-connect-to-self-signed-servers-using-alamofire-1-3?rq=1">How to connect to self signed servers using Alamofire 1.3</a></p>

<p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36331623/ios-9-3-an-ssl-error-has-occurred-and-a-secure-connection-to-the-server-cannot?rq=1">iOS 9.3 : An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made</a></p>

<p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32755674/ios9-getting-error-an-ssl-error-has-occurred-and-a-secure-connection-to-the-ser">iOS9 getting error “an ssl error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made”</a></p>

<p><strong>UPDATE 1:</strong>
I forgot to add that when i used Alamofire, i also tried to ignore the server policies or bypass them via the methods below, again none of them worked :(</p>

<pre><code>let manager : Alamofire.Manager = {
    // Create the server trust policies
    let serverTrustPolicies: [String: ServerTrustPolicy] = [
        "a-eco-oid-web-ppf-slo-vs-d.stbc2.jstest2.net": .DisableEvaluation
    ]
    // Create custom manager
    let configuration = NSURLSessionConfiguration.defaultSessionConfiguration()
    configuration.HTTPAdditionalHeaders = Alamofire.Manager.defaultHTTPHeaders
    let man = Alamofire.Manager(
        configuration: NSURLSessionConfiguration.defaultSessionConfiguration(),
        serverTrustPolicyManager: ServerTrustPolicyManager(policies: serverTrustPolicies)
    )
    return man
}()

let manager = Alamofire.Manager.sharedInstance
manager.delegate.sessionDidReceiveChallenge = { session, challenge in
    var disposition: NSURLSessionAuthChallengeDisposition = .PerformDefaultHandling
    var credential: NSURLCredential?
    if challenge.protectionSpace.authenticationMethod == NSURLAuthenticationMethodServerTrust {
        disposition = NSURLSessionAuthChallengeDisposition.UseCredential
        credential = NSURLCredential(forTrust: challenge.protectionSpace.serverTrust!)
    } else {
        if challenge.previousFailureCount &gt; 0 {
            disposition = .CancelAuthenticationChallenge
        } else {
            credential = manager.session.configuration.URLCredentialStorage?.defaultCredentialForProtectionSpace(challenge.protectionSpace)
            if credential != nil {
                disposition = .UseCredential
            }
        }
    }
    return (disposition, credential)
}
</code></pre>