title: The SSL / TLS handshake between a "Java 1.7 TLS 1.2 server" and a "Java 1.6 client"
body: <p>The SSL / TLS handshake between a <code>Java 1.7 TLS 1.2 server</code> and a <code>Java 1.6 client</code> fails with the following exception on the client side:</p>
  
  <p>Getting below error from client end :</p>
  
  <pre><code>Remote host closed connection during handshake; nested exception is javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Remote host closed connection during handshake
      at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.doExecute(RestTemplate.java:498)
      at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.execute(RestTemplate.java:446)
      at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.exchange(RestTemplate.java:418)
      at com.aviva.ukgi.gw.cc.midvehiclesearch.rest.MIDVehicleSearchServiceRest.executeMIDVehicleSearch_aroundBody0(MIDVehicleSearchServiceRest.java:69)
      at com.aviva.ukgi.gw.cc.midvehiclesearch.rest.MIDVehicleSearchServiceRest.executeMIDVehicleSearch_aroundBody1$advice(MIDVehicleSearchServiceRest.java:134)
      at com.aviva.ukgi.gw.cc.midvehiclesearch.rest.MIDVehicleSearchServiceRest.executeMIDVehicleSearch(MIDVehicleSearchServiceRest.java:1)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Server Side:</p>
  
  <pre><code>2015-10-20 10:24:17.454 | DEBUG | qtp525589302-1668 |  | org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.ssl     | 94 - org.eclipse.jetty.aggregate.jetty-all-server - 8.1.17.v20150415 | [Session-1, SSL_NULL_WITH_NULL_NULL] SslConnection@1936d287 SSL NOT_HANDSHAKING i/o/u=0/0/0 ishut=false oshut=false {AsyncHttpConnection@5e37a9ff,g=HttpGenerator{s=0,h=-1,b=-1,c=-1},p=HttpParser{s=-14,l=0,c=0},r=0} NOT_HANDSHAKING filled=0/0 flushed=0/0
  2015-10-20 10:24:17.454 | DEBUG | qtp525589302-1668 |  | org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.ssl     | 94 - org.eclipse.jetty.aggregate.jetty-all-server - 8.1.17.v20150415 | [Session-1, SSL_NULL_WITH_NULL_NULL] handle SslConnection@1936d287 SSL NOT_HANDSHAKING i/o/u=0/0/0 ishut=false oshut=false {AsyncHttpConnection@5e37a9ff,g=HttpGenerator{s=0,h=-1,b=-1,c=-1},p=HttpParser{s=-14,l=0,c=0},r=0} progress=false
  2015-10-20 10:24:17.470 | DEBUG | qtp525589302-1669 |  | org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.ssl     | 94 - org.eclipse.jetty.aggregate.jetty-all-server - 8.1.17.v20150415 | [Session-1, SSL_NULL_WITH_NULL_NULL] SslConnection@1936d287 SSL NOT_HANDSHAKING i/o/u=517/0/0 ishut=false oshut=false {AsyncHttpConnection@5e37a9ff,g=HttpGenerator{s=0,h=-1,b=-1,c=-1},p=HttpParser{s=-14,l=0,c=0},r=0} NOT_HANDSHAKING filled=517/517 flushed=0/0
  2015-10-20 10:24:17.471 | DEBUG | qtp525589302-1669 |  | org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.ssl     | 94 - org.eclipse.jetty.aggregate.jetty-all-server - 8.1.17.v20150415 | [Session-1, SSL_NULL_WITH_NULL_NULL] unwrap OK NOT_HANDSHAKING consumed=517 produced=474
  2015-10-20 10:24:17.471 | DEBUG | qtp525589302-1669 |  | org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.ssl     | 94 - org.eclipse.jetty.aggregate.jetty-all-server - 8.1.17.v20150415 | [Session-1, SSL_NULL_WITH_NULL_NULL] SslConnection@1936d287 SSL NOT_HANDSHAKING i/o/u=0/0/0 ishut=false oshut=false {AsyncHttpConnection@5e37a9ff,g=HttpGenerator{s=0,h=-1,b=-1,c=-1},p=HttpParser{s=-14,l=0,c=0},r=0} NOT_HANDSHAKING filled=0/0 flushed=0/0
  </code></pre>