Building the platform fails with SSLPeerUnverifiedException

[nmco]

Building the platform fails with:

Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLPeerUnverifiedException: Host name 'd29vzk4ow07wi7.cloudfront.net' does not match the certificate subject provided by the peer (CN=*.cloudfront.net, O="Amazon.com, Inc.", L=Seattle, ST=Washington, C=US)
	at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory.verifyHostname(SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java:465)

Full stack trace:

org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskExecutionException: Execution failed for task ':checkEclipse'.
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:69)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:46)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.PostExecutionAnalysisTaskExecuter.execute(PostExecutionAnalysisTaskExecuter.java:35)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.execute(SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.java:64)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ValidatingTaskExecuter.execute(ValidatingTaskExecuter.java:58)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.execute(SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.java:42)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.execute(SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.java:52)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.execute(SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.java:53)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.java:43)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask.executeWithoutThrowingTaskFailure(AbstractTask.java:289)
	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.AbstractTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.executeTask(AbstractTaskPlanExecutor.java:79)
	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.AbstractTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.processTask(AbstractTaskPlanExecutor.java:63)
	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.AbstractTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.run(AbstractTaskPlanExecutor.java:51)
	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.process(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:23)
	at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:86)
	at org.gradle.execution.SelectedTaskExecutionAction.execute(SelectedTaskExecutionAction.java:29)
	at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.execute(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:61)
	at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.access$200(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:23)
	at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter$2.proceed(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:67)
	at org.gradle.execution.DryRunBuildExecutionAction.execute(DryRunBuildExecutionAction.java:32)
	at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.execute(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:61)
	at org.gradle.execution.DefaultBuildExecuter.execute(DefaultBuildExecuter.java:54)
	at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuildStages(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:166)
	at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuild(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:113)
	at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.run(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:81)
	at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter$DefaultBuildController.run(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:64)
	at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExecuteBuildAction.run(ExecuteBuildAction.java:33)
	at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExecuteBuildAction.run(ExecuteBuildAction.java:24)
	at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:35)
	at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:26)
	at org.gradle.launcher.cli.RunBuildAction.run(RunBuildAction.java:50)
	at org.gradle.internal.Actions$RunnableActionAdapter.execute(Actions.java:171)
	at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$ParseAndBuildAction.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:201)
	at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$ParseAndBuildAction.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:174)
	at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$WithLogging.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:170)
	at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$WithLogging.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:139)
	at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExceptionReportingAction.execute(ExceptionReportingAction.java:33)
	at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExceptionReportingAction.execute(ExceptionReportingAction.java:22)
	at org.gradle.launcher.Main.doAction(Main.java:46)
	at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.EntryPoint.run(EntryPoint.java:45)
	at org.gradle.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:37)
	at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.runNoExit(ProcessBootstrap.java:50)
	at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.run(ProcessBootstrap.java:32)
	at org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain.main(GradleMain.java:23)
	at org.gradle.wrapper.BootstrapMainStarter.start(BootstrapMainStarter.java:33)
	at org.gradle.wrapper.WrapperExecutor.execute(WrapperExecutor.java:130)
	at org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain.main(GradleWrapperMain.java:48)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not download file
	at de.undercouch.gradle.tasks.download.DownloadExtension.configure(DownloadExtension.java:46)
	at de.undercouch.gradle.tasks.download.DownloadExtension.configure(DownloadExtension.java:29)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.ClosureBackedAction.execute(ClosureBackedAction.java:50)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.plugins.ExtensionsStorage$ExtensionHolder.configure(ExtensionsStorage.java:145)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.plugins.ExtensionsStorage.configureExtension(ExtensionsStorage.java:69)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.plugins.DefaultConvention$ExtensionsDynamicObject.invokeMethod(DefaultConvention.java:213)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.CompositeDynamicObject.invokeMethod(CompositeDynamicObject.java:147)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.project.DefaultProject_Decorated.invokeMethod(Unknown Source)
	at org.standardout.gradle.plugin.platform.PlatformPlugin.downloadAndExtractEclipse(PlatformPlugin.groovy:386)
	at org.standardout.gradle.plugin.platform.PlatformPlugin$_apply_closure6.doCall(PlatformPlugin.groovy:206)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask$ClosureTaskAction.execute(AbstractTask.java:502)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask$ClosureTaskAction.execute(AbstractTask.java:483)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeAction(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:80)
	at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:61)
	... 46 more
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLPeerUnverifiedException: Host name 'd29vzk4ow07wi7.cloudfront.net' does not match the certificate subject provided by the peer (CN=*.cloudfront.net, O="Amazon.com, Inc.", L=Seattle, ST=Washington, C=US)
	at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory.verifyHostname(SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java:465)
	at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory.createLayeredSocket(SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java:395)
	at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java:353)
	at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultHttpClientConnectionOperator.connect(DefaultHttpClientConnectionOperator.java:134)
	at org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager.connect(PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager.java:353)
	at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.MainClientExec.establishRoute(MainClientExec.java:380)
	at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.MainClientExec.execute(MainClientExec.java:236)
	at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.ProtocolExec.execute(ProtocolExec.java:184)
	at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec.execute(RetryExec.java:88)
	at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RedirectExec.execute(RedirectExec.java:110)
	at org.apache.http.impl.client.InternalHttpClient.doExecute(InternalHttpClient.java:184)
	at org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient.execute(CloseableHttpClient.java:71)
	at de.undercouch.gradle.tasks.download.DownloadAction.openConnection(DownloadAction.java:430)
	at de.undercouch.gradle.tasks.download.DownloadAction.execute(DownloadAction.java:191)
	at de.undercouch.gradle.tasks.download.DownloadAction.execute(DownloadAction.java:140)
	at de.undercouch.gradle.tasks.download.DownloadExtension.configure(DownloadExtension.java:44)
	... 59 more

[nmco]

I was able to move forward by upgrading HTTP client dependency:

classpath 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.2'

[stempler]

See also this related issue stempler/bnd-platform#54
Seems a workaround is also to change the eclipseMirror configuration to http.

[nmco]

Thanks for the feedback.