In: /usr/%{_lib}/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0/jre/lib/security/java.security, there are these two lines: jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms=MD2, MD5, RSA keySize < 1024 and jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms=SSLv3, RC4, MD5withRSA, DH keySize < 768 that might actually prevent the SSL connection. If your server uses one of the algorithms, you might modify this configuration file. But, for instance, SSLv3 is disabled because it is insecure. Two CPU releases ago, some certificate versions were disabled as part of a fix for one security bug.