# javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Inbound closed before receiving peer's close\_notify: possible truncation attack?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/javax-net-ssl-sslexception-inbound-closed-before-receiving-peers-close-notify-possible-truncation-attack/58865>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 24, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/javax-net-ssl-sslexception-inbound-closed-before-receiving-peers-close-notify-possible-truncation-attack/58865 "2016-08-24T21:25:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![bujar\_metaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bujar\_metaj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bujar_metaj)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/javax-net-ssl-sslexception-inbound-closed-before-receiving-peers-close-notify-possible-truncation-attack/58865/1 "2016-08-24T21:25:26Z")

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Hi need help with this issue

I am getting the following issues when enabling searchguard 2 and searchguard ssl

javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Inbound closed before receiving peer's close\_notify: possible truncation attack?  
at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:208)  
at sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.fatal(SSLEngineImpl.java:1666)  
at sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.fatal(SSLEngineImpl.java:1634)  
at sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.closeInbound(SSLEngineImpl.java:1561)  
at org.jboss.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.closeEngine(SslHandler.java:591)  
at org.jboss.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.channelDisconnected(SslHandler.java:583)  
at org.jboss.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:102)  
at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:564)  
at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:559)  
at org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels.fireChannelDisconnected(Channels.java:396)  
at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.close(AbstractNioWorker.java:360)  
at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.read(NioWorker.java:93)  
at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.process(AbstractNioWorker.java:108)  
at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioSelector.run(AbstractNioSelector.java:337)  
at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioWorker.run(AbstractNioWorker.java:89)  
at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioWorker.run(NioWorker.java:178)  
at org.jboss.netty.util.ThreadRenamingRunnable.run(ThreadRenamingRunnable.java:108)  
at org.jboss.netty.util.internal.DeadLockProofWorker$1.run(DeadLockProofWorker.java:42)  
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)  
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)  
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

Many thanks  
B

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**Author:** ![floragunncom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/floragunncom/32/21528_2.png) [@floragunncom](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/floragunncom)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/javax-net-ssl-sslexception-inbound-closed-before-receiving-peers-close-notify-possible-truncation-attack/58865/2 "2016-08-25T07:33:55Z")

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You can just ignore this exception (its logged on DEBUG level)

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**Author:** ![Neha\_Sharma3773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@Neha\_Sharma3773](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Neha_Sharma3773)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/javax-net-ssl-sslexception-inbound-closed-before-receiving-peers-close-notify-possible-truncation-attack/58865/3 "2016-09-06T14:20:25Z")

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Hi ,

Are you still facing this Issue?? Did you find any resolution for this...

I am getting this sameError.

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**Author:** ![Neha\_Sharma3773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@Neha\_Sharma3773](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Neha_Sharma3773)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/javax-net-ssl-sslexception-inbound-closed-before-receiving-peers-close-notify-possible-truncation-attack/58865/4 "2016-09-06T14:21:12Z")

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I am logging it in debug mode ...that doesnt mean its not an Error 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/javax-net-ssl-sslexception-inbound-closed-before-receiving-peers-close-notify-possible-truncation-attack/58865/5 "2017-07-05T22:22:17Z")

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