Another way to fix SSLHandshakeException in SoapUI

Started testing a new API in SoapUI, and the very first thing I get is:

ERROR:Exception in request: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: handshake_failure

So off I go, copy-paste the error into Google and see what comes up. There is a lot of advice about this issue here, here, here, none of which worked for me. Although this SO answer did lead me down the right path.

In the end, the problem was much more deluding.

Java comes with its own CA TrustStore. SoapUI, at least on Windows, comes with bundled Java, usually very outdated version of Java. From my past (Linux) experience I know that SoapUI is intelligent enough, that if it does not find the bundled Java it will look elsewhere ($PATH, $JAVA_HOME). So I went to my SoapUI install directory and renamed jre to jre.ignore. Of course I had previously installed the latest Java8. Restart SoapUI, and problem goes away.

I am not sure whom to blame for this WTF. Certainly part of the blame lies with Oracle lawyers for being dickheads (Java8 is not allowed to be pre-installed on any device), part lies with Microsoft for forcing their users to be ignorant retards, and part lies with SmartBear for following the crowd (the “every Java application must also install its own version of Java” crowd) like a sheep.