Trusting all certificates using HttpClient over HTTPS

Question

Recently posted a question regarding the HttpClient over Https (found here). I\'ve made some headway, but I\'ve run into new issues. As with my last problem, I

Answer 1

The code above in https://stackoverflow.com/a/6378872/1553004 is correct, except it MUST also call the hostname verifier:

    @Override
public Socket createSocket(Socket socket, String host, int port, boolean autoClose) throws IOException {
    SSLSocket sslSocket = (SSLSocket)sslContext.getSocketFactory().createSocket(socket, host, port, autoClose);
    getHostnameVerifier().verify(host, sslSocket);
    return sslSocket;
}

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