Unfortunately the java 1.78 uses weak/unsecure ciphers and therefor it may not connect to sites using newer ciphers.
The following error will be showing up whenever you try to access such a website in old java:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception while calling URL:https://securelink.php
at GetUrlAndGetResponse.callURL(GetUrlAndGetResponse.java:43)
at GetUrlAndGetResponse.main(GetUrlAndGetResponse.java:15)
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: handshake_failure
at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:192)
at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:154)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.recvAlert(SSLSocketImpl.java:1979)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1086)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1332)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1359)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1343)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(HttpsClient.java:559)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:185)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1301)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:254)
at GetUrlAndGetResponse.callURL(GetUrlAndGetResponse.java:29)
You have 2 options to consider:
1. You would have to migrate/upgrade your application to use the 1.8 java that benefits of the latest ssl ciphers.
2. As an alternative you can download the JCE Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy files for Java 7 from https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jce-7-download-432124.html and replace the two JARs (local_policy.jar, US_export_policy.jar) under your JRE's lib/security directory with the ones from the downloaded package.
This will add additional (stronger) ciphersuites and you should be able to connect without having to make any changes to your code or enable TLSv1.2.
You can also download the zip file from our download zone if you don't have an oracle account.
