refactor HttpClientFactory.java to build HTTP clients with different authentication mechanisms

21 files changed, 898 insertions, 217 deletions

diff --git a/eaaf_core/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/idp/auth/services/ProtocolAuthenticationService.java b/eaaf_core/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/idp/auth/services/ProtocolAuthenticationService.java
index 817c7aa2..4c82adac 100644
--- a/eaaf_core/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/idp/auth/services/ProtocolAuthenticationService.java
+++ b/eaaf_core/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/idp/auth/services/ProtocolAuthenticationService.java
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.InvalidProtocolRequestException;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.ProcessExecutionException;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.ProtocolNotActiveException;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.gui.AbstractGuiFormBuilderConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http.HttpUtils;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.idp.controller.protocols.RequestImpl;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.HttpUtils;
 
 @Service
 public class ProtocolAuthenticationService implements IProtocolAuthenticationService {
diff --git a/eaaf_core/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/idp/controller/protocols/RequestImpl.java b/eaaf_core/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/idp/controller/protocols/RequestImpl.java
index adc8774a..f4494106 100644
--- a/eaaf_core/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/idp/controller/protocols/RequestImpl.java
+++ b/eaaf_core/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/idp/controller/protocols/RequestImpl.java
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.ISpConfiguration;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafAuthenticationException;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafException;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafStorageException;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http.HttpUtils;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.idp.auth.data.AuthProcessDataWrapper;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.HttpUtils;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.TransactionIdUtils;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
diff --git a/eaaf_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/idp/auth/DummyHttpClientFactory.java b/eaaf_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/idp/auth/DummyHttpClientFactory.java
index 9a924f83..6aea52ac 100644
--- a/eaaf_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/idp/auth/DummyHttpClientFactory.java
+++ b/eaaf_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/idp/auth/DummyHttpClientFactory.java
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.idp.auth;
 
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafException;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http.HttpClientConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http.IHttpClientFactory;
 
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.IHttpClientFactory;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
 
 public class DummyHttpClientFactory implements IHttpClientFactory {
 
@@ -18,4 +20,10 @@ public class DummyHttpClientFactory implements IHttpClientFactory {
     return null;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public CloseableHttpClient getHttpClient(HttpClientConfiguration config) throws EaafException {
+    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+    return null;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/eaaf_core_utils/pom.xml b/eaaf_core_utils/pom.xml
index 1f5467ab..681152f7 100644
--- a/eaaf_core_utils/pom.xml
+++ b/eaaf_core_utils/pom.xml
@@ -100,6 +100,16 @@
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockwebserver</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
+      <artifactId>okhttp-tls</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/http/EaafSslKeySelectionStrategy.java b/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/http/EaafSslKeySelectionStrategy.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e1e2137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/http/EaafSslKeySelectionStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http;
+
+import java.net.Socket;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.http.ssl.PrivateKeyDetails;
+import org.apache.http.ssl.PrivateKeyStrategy;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+/**
+ * Private Key selection implementation for Apache HTTP clients.
+ *
+ * @author tlenz
+ *
+ */
+@Slf4j
+public class EaafSslKeySelectionStrategy implements PrivateKeyStrategy {
+
+  private final String keyAlias;
+
+  /**
+   * Private Key selection implementation for Apache HTTP clients.
+   *
+   * @param alias Alias of the Key that should be used for SSL client authentication.
+   */
+  public EaafSslKeySelectionStrategy(String alias) {
+    this.keyAlias = alias;
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String chooseAlias(Map<String, PrivateKeyDetails> aliases, Socket socket) {
+    log.trace("Selection SSL client-auth key for alias: {}", keyAlias);
+    final PrivateKeyDetails selected = aliases.get(keyAlias);
+    if (selected != null) {
+      log.trace("Select SL client-auth key with type:", selected.getType());
+      return keyAlias;
+
+    } else {
+      log.warn("KeyStore contains NO key with alias: {}. Using first key from keystore", keyAlias);
+      log.info("Available aliases: {}", StringUtils.join(aliases.keySet(), ", "));
+      return aliases.keySet().iterator().next();
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/http/HttpClientConfiguration.java b/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/http/HttpClientConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..582ad545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/http/HttpClientConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+package at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http;
+
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafConfigurationException;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.credential.KeyStoreConfiguration;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.Setter;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+@Slf4j
+@Getter
+public class HttpClientConfiguration {
+
+  private static final String MSG_KEYSTORE_NAME = "KeyStore for httpClient: {0}";
+
+  private static final String ERROR_00 = "internal.httpclient.00";
+  private static final String ERROR_01 = "internal.httpclient.01";
+  private static final String ERROR_02 = "internal.httpclient.02";
+
+  @Nonnull
+  private final String friendlyName;
+
+  @Nonnull
+  private final String uuid;
+
+  @Nonnull
+  private ClientAuthMode authMode = ClientAuthMode.NONE;
+
+  @Setter
+  private String username;
+
+  @Setter
+  private String password;
+
+  @Setter
+  boolean disableHostnameValidation = false;
+
+  @Setter
+  boolean disableTlsHostCertificateValidation = false;
+
+
+  private KeyStoreConfiguration keyStoreConfig;
+
+  @Setter
+  private String sslKeyAlias;
+
+  @Setter
+  private String sslKeyPassword;
+
+  @Setter
+  private boolean followHttpRedirects = true;
+
+  /**
+   * Get a new HTTP-client configuration object.
+   *
+   * @param name FriendlyName of this http client for logging purposes.
+   */
+  public HttpClientConfiguration(String name) {
+    this.friendlyName = name;
+    this.uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set Client authentication-mode from configuration property.
+   *
+   * <p>If the mode is unknown than the {@link ClientAuthMode} is set to <code>NONE</code> </p>
+   *
+   * @param authModeString Modes from {@link ClientAuthMode}
+   */
+  public void setAuthMode(String authModeString) {
+    final ClientAuthMode configAuthMode = HttpClientConfiguration.ClientAuthMode.fromString(authModeString);
+    if (configAuthMode != null) {
+      authMode = configAuthMode;
+
+    } else {
+      log.warn("Can Not parse ClientAuthMode for client: {}! Set mode to default value",
+          friendlyName);
+
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Validate the internal state of this configuration object.
+   *
+   * @throws EaafConfigurationException In case of a configuration error
+   */
+  public void validate() throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    log.trace("Validating http-client: {}", this.friendlyName);
+    if (this.authMode.equals(ClientAuthMode.PASSWORD)) {
+      if (StringUtils.isEmpty(this.username)) {
+        throw new EaafConfigurationException(ERROR_00, new Object[] {this.friendlyName});
+
+      }
+
+      if (StringUtils.isEmpty(this.password)) {
+        log.warn("Http basic authentication was activated but NOT username was set!");
+
+      }
+
+    } else if (this.authMode.equals(ClientAuthMode.SSL)) {
+      if (this.keyStoreConfig == null) {
+        throw new EaafConfigurationException(ERROR_01, new Object[] {this.friendlyName});
+
+      } else {
+        log.trace("Validating KeyStore: {} for http-client: {} ...",
+            this.keyStoreConfig.getFriendlyName(), this.friendlyName);
+        this.keyStoreConfig.validate();
+
+      }
+
+      if (StringUtils.isEmpty(this.sslKeyPassword)) {
+        throw new EaafConfigurationException(ERROR_02, new Object[] {
+            this.friendlyName, this.keyStoreConfig.getFriendlyName()});
+
+      }
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Build a {@link KeyStoreConfiguration} object from configuration parameters.
+   *
+   * @param keyStoreType String based KeyStore type
+   * @param keyStorePath Path to KeyStore in case of a software based KeyStore
+   * @param keyStorePassword Password in case of a software based KeyStore
+   * @param keyStoreName Name of the KeyStore in case of a named KeyStore like HSM-Facade
+   * @throws EaafConfigurationException In case of a configuration error
+   */
+  public void buildKeyStoreConfig(String keyStoreType, String keyStorePath,
+      String keyStorePassword, String keyStoreName) throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    final KeyStoreConfiguration config = new KeyStoreConfiguration();
+    config.setKeyStoreType(keyStoreType);
+    config.setFriendlyName(MessageFormat.format(MSG_KEYSTORE_NAME, friendlyName));
+    config.setSoftKeyStoreFilePath(keyStorePath);
+    config.setSoftKeyStorePassword(keyStorePassword);
+    config.setKeyStoreName(keyStoreName);
+    this.keyStoreConfig = config;
+
+  }
+
+  public enum ClientAuthMode {
+    NONE("none"), PASSWORD("password"), SSL("ssl");
+
+    private final String mode;
+
+    ClientAuthMode(final String mode) {
+      this.mode = mode;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the PVP mode.
+     *
+     * @return
+     */
+    public String getMode() {
+      return this.mode;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get http-client authentication mode from String representation.
+     *
+     * @param s Config parameter
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static ClientAuthMode fromString(final String s) {
+      try {
+        return ClientAuthMode.valueOf(s.toUpperCase());
+
+      } catch (IllegalArgumentException | NullPointerException e) {
+        return null;
+      }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+      return getMode();
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/utils/HttpClientFactory.java b/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/http/HttpClientFactory.java
index e681e705..b6e660da 100644
--- a/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/utils/HttpClientFactory.java
+++ b/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/http/HttpClientFactory.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-package at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils;
+package at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http;
 
-import java.security.KeyManagementException;
 import java.security.KeyStore;
-import java.security.KeyStoreException;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
-import java.security.UnrecoverableKeyException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import javax.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.IConfiguration;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafConfigurationException;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafException;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafFactoryException;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.credential.EaafKeyStoreFactory;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.credential.KeyStoreConfiguration;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.credential.KeyStoreConfiguration.KeyStoreType;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
@@ -41,22 +41,19 @@ import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
 import org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager;
 import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;
-import org.apache.http.ssl.SSLContexts;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
 
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
 @Slf4j
 public class HttpClientFactory implements IHttpClientFactory {
 
-  @Autowired(required = true)
+  @Autowired
   private IConfiguration basicConfig;
+  @Autowired
+  private EaafKeyStoreFactory keyStoreFactory;
 
-  @Autowired(required = true)
-  ResourceLoader resourceLoader;
-
-  @Autowired private EaafKeyStoreFactory keyStoreFactory;
+  private static final String ERROR_03 = "internal.httpclient.03";
 
   public static final String PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_POOL_USE =
       "client.http.connection.pool.use";
@@ -84,9 +81,10 @@ public class HttpClientFactory implements IHttpClientFactory {
       "client.auth.ssl.keystore.name";
   public static final String PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_AUTH_SSL_KEYSTORE_TYPE =
       "client.auth.ssl.keystore.type";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_AUTH_SSL_KEY_ALIAS =
+      "client.auth.ssl.key.alias";
   public static final String PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_AUTH_SSL_KEY_PASSWORD =
       "client.auth.ssl.key.password";
-  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_AUTH_SSL_KEY_ALIAS = "client.auth.ssl.key.alias";
 
   // default configuration values
   public static final String DEFAULT_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_SOCKET = "15";
@@ -95,48 +93,8 @@ public class HttpClientFactory implements IHttpClientFactory {
   public static final String DEFAULT_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_POOL_MAXTOTAL = "500";
   public static final String DEFAULT_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_POOL_MAXPERROUTE = "100";
 
-  public enum ClientAuthMode {
-    NONE("none"), PASSWORD("password"), SSL("ssl");
-
-    private final String mode;
-
-    ClientAuthMode(final String mode) {
-      this.mode = mode;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get the PVP mode.
-     *
-     * @return
-     */
-    public String getMode() {
-      return this.mode;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get http-client authentication mode from String representation.
-     *
-     * @param s Config parameter
-     * @return
-     */
-    public static ClientAuthMode fromString(final String s) {
-      try {
-        return ClientAuthMode.valueOf(s.toUpperCase());
-
-      } catch (IllegalArgumentException | NullPointerException e) {
-        return null;
-      }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String toString() {
-      return getMode();
-
-    }
-
-  }
-
-  private HttpClientBuilder httpClientBuilder = null;
+  private String defaultConfigurationId = null;
+  private final Map<String, HttpClientBuilder> availableBuilders = new HashMap<>();
 
   /*
    * (non-Javadoc)
@@ -151,151 +109,145 @@ public class HttpClientFactory implements IHttpClientFactory {
 
   @Override
   public CloseableHttpClient getHttpClient(final boolean followRedirects) {
-    RedirectStrategy redirectStrategy = new DefaultRedirectStrategy();
-    if (!followRedirects) {
-      redirectStrategy = new RedirectStrategy() {
+    return availableBuilders.get(defaultConfigurationId).setRedirectStrategy(
+        buildRedirectStrategy(followRedirects)).build();
 
-        @Override
-        public boolean isRedirected(final HttpRequest request, final HttpResponse response,
-            final HttpContext context) throws ProtocolException {
-          return false;
-        }
+  }
 
-        @Override
-        public HttpUriRequest getRedirect(final HttpRequest request, final HttpResponse response,
-            final HttpContext context) throws ProtocolException {
-          return null;
-        }
-      };
-    }
+  @Override
+  public CloseableHttpClient getHttpClient(@Nonnull HttpClientConfiguration config) throws EaafException {
+    log.trace("Build http client for: {}", config.getFriendlyName());
+    HttpClientBuilder builder = null;
+    if (availableBuilders.containsKey(config.getUuid())) {
+      builder = availableBuilders.get(config.getUuid());
 
-    return httpClientBuilder.setRedirectStrategy(redirectStrategy).build();
+    } else {
+      log.debug("Initialize new http-client builder for: {}", config.getFriendlyName());
 
-  }
+      //validate configuration object
+      config.validate();
 
-  @PostConstruct
-  private void initalize() {
-    // initialize http client
-    log.trace("Initializing HTTP Client-builder ... ");
-    httpClientBuilder = HttpClients.custom();
+      builder = HttpClients.custom();
+      builder.setDefaultRequestConfig(buildDefaultRequestConfig());
 
-    // set default request configuration
-    final RequestConfig requestConfig =
-        RequestConfig.custom()
-            .setConnectTimeout(
-                Integer.parseInt(basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(
-                    PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_CONNECTION,
-                    DEFAULT_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_CONNECTION)) * 1000)
-            .setConnectionRequestTimeout(Integer.parseInt(basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(
-                PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_REQUEST,
-                DEFAULT_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_REQUEST)) * 1000)
-            .setSocketTimeout(Integer.parseInt(
-                basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_SOCKET,
-                    DEFAULT_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_SOCKET))
-                * 1000)
-            .build();
-    httpClientBuilder.setDefaultRequestConfig(requestConfig);
+      //inject basic authentication infos
+      injectBasicAuthenticationIfRequired(builder, config);
 
-    ClientAuthMode clientAuthMode = ClientAuthMode.fromString(
-        basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_MODE, ClientAuthMode.NONE.getMode()));
-    if (clientAuthMode == null) {
-      log.warn("Can Not parse ClientAuthMode! Set mode to default value");
-      clientAuthMode = ClientAuthMode.NONE;
+      //inject authentication if required
+      final LayeredConnectionSocketFactory sslConnectionFactory = getSslContext(config);
 
-    }
+      // set pool connection if required
+      injectDefaultConnectionPoolIfRequired(builder, sslConnectionFactory);
 
-    // inject basic http authentication if required
-    log.info("Client authentication-mode is set to: {}", clientAuthMode);
-    injectBasicAuthenticationIfRequired(clientAuthMode);
+      availableBuilders.put(config.getUuid(), builder);
 
-    // inject authentication if required
-    final LayeredConnectionSocketFactory sslConnectionFactory = getSslContext(clientAuthMode);
+    }
 
-    // set pool connection if required
-    injectConnectionPoolIfRequired(sslConnectionFactory);
+    return builder.setRedirectStrategy(
+        buildRedirectStrategy(config.isFollowHttpRedirects())).build();
 
   }
 
-  private void injectBasicAuthenticationIfRequired(final ClientAuthMode clientAuthMode) {
-    if (clientAuthMode.equals(ClientAuthMode.PASSWORD)) {
-      final CredentialsProvider provider = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
+  @PostConstruct
+  private void initalize() throws EaafException {
+    final HttpClientConfiguration defaultHttpClientConfig = buildDefaultHttpClientConfiguration();
 
-      final String username =
-          basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_AUTH_HTTP_USERNAME);
-      final String password =
-          basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_AUTH_HTTP_PASSORD);
+    // initialize http client
+    log.trace("Initializing default HTTP-Client builder ... ");
+    final HttpClientBuilder defaultHttpClientBuilder = HttpClients.custom();
 
-      if (StringUtils.isEmpty(username)) {
-        log.warn("Http basic authentication was activated but NOT username was set!");
+    // set default request configuration
+    defaultHttpClientBuilder.setDefaultRequestConfig(buildDefaultRequestConfig());
 
-      }
+    //inject http basic authentication
+    injectBasicAuthenticationIfRequired(defaultHttpClientBuilder, defaultHttpClientConfig);
 
-      log.trace("Injecting basic authentication with username: {} and password: {}", username,
-          password);
-      final UsernamePasswordCredentials credentials =
-          new UsernamePasswordCredentials(username, password);
-      provider.setCredentials(AuthScope.ANY, credentials);
-      httpClientBuilder.setDefaultCredentialsProvider(provider);
-      log.info("Basic http authentication was injected with username: {}", username);
+    // inject authentication if required
+    final LayeredConnectionSocketFactory sslConnectionFactory =
+        getSslContext(defaultHttpClientConfig);
 
-    } else {
-      log.trace("Injection of Http Basic authentication was skipped");
+    // set pool connection if required
+    injectDefaultConnectionPoolIfRequired(defaultHttpClientBuilder, sslConnectionFactory);
 
-    }
+    //set default http client builder
+    defaultConfigurationId = defaultHttpClientConfig.getUuid();
+    availableBuilders.put(defaultConfigurationId, defaultHttpClientBuilder);
 
   }
 
-  private SSLContext buildSslContextWithSslClientAuthentication()
-      throws KeyManagementException, UnrecoverableKeyException, NoSuchAlgorithmException,
-      KeyStoreException, EaafConfigurationException {
-    log.trace("Injecting SSL client-authentication into http client ... ");
-    final KeyStore keystore = getSslAuthKeyStore();
-    final String keyPasswordString =
-        basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_AUTH_SSL_KEY_PASSWORD);
-    log.trace("Open SSL Client-Auth keystore with password: {}", keyPasswordString);
-    final char[] keyPassword = keyPasswordString == null ? StringUtils.EMPTY.toCharArray()
-        : keyPasswordString.toCharArray();
-    return SSLContexts.custom().loadKeyMaterial(keystore, keyPassword).build();
+  private HttpClientConfiguration buildDefaultHttpClientConfiguration() throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    final HttpClientConfiguration config = new HttpClientConfiguration("Default");
 
+    // inject basic http authentication if required
+    config.setAuthMode(basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_MODE,
+        HttpClientConfiguration.ClientAuthMode.NONE.getMode()));
+    log.info("Default client authentication-mode is set to: {}", config.getAuthMode());
+
+    // set Username and Password if available
+    config.setUsername(basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_AUTH_HTTP_USERNAME));
+    config.setPassword(basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_AUTH_HTTP_PASSORD));
+
+    // set SSL Client auth. informations if available
+    config.buildKeyStoreConfig(
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(
+            PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_AUTH_SSL_KEYSTORE_TYPE, KeyStoreType.PKCS12.getKeyStoreType()),
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(
+            PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_AUTH_SSL_KEYSTORE_PATH, StringUtils.EMPTY),
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(
+            PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_AUTH_SSL_KEYSTORE_PASSORD, StringUtils.EMPTY),
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(
+            PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_AUTH_SSL_KEYSTORE_NAME, StringUtils.EMPTY));
+
+    config.setSslKeyAlias(
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_AUTH_SSL_KEY_ALIAS));
+    config.setSslKeyPassword(
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_AUTH_SSL_KEY_PASSWORD));
+
+    config.setDisableHostnameValidation(basicConfig.getBasicConfigurationBoolean(
+        PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_SSL_HOSTNAMEVERIFIER_TRUSTALL, false));
+
+    // validate configuration object
+    config.validate();
+
+    return config;
   }
 
-  private KeyStore getSslAuthKeyStore() throws EaafConfigurationException {
-    final String keyStoreType = basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(
-        PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_AUTH_SSL_KEYSTORE_TYPE, KeyStoreType.PKCS12.getKeyStoreType());
-    final String localKeyStorePath = basicConfig
-        .getBasicConfiguration(PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_AUTH_SSL_KEYSTORE_PATH, StringUtils.EMPTY);
-    final String keyStorePassword = basicConfig
-        .getBasicConfiguration(PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_AUTH_SSL_KEYSTORE_PASSORD, StringUtils.EMPTY);
-    final String keyStoreName = basicConfig
-        .getBasicConfiguration(PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_AUTH_SSL_KEYSTORE_NAME, StringUtils.EMPTY);
-
-    try {
-      final KeyStoreConfiguration keyStoreConfig = new KeyStoreConfiguration();
-      keyStoreConfig.setKeyStoreType(keyStoreType);
-      keyStoreConfig.setFriendlyName("HttpClient Keystore");
-      keyStoreConfig.setSoftKeyStoreFilePath(localKeyStorePath);
-      keyStoreConfig.setSoftKeyStorePassword(keyStorePassword);
-      keyStoreConfig.setKeyStoreName(keyStoreName);
-
-      log.debug("Open keyStore with type: {}", keyStoreType);
-      final KeyStore keyStore = keyStoreFactory.buildNewKeyStore(keyStoreConfig).getFirst();
+  private void injectBasicAuthenticationIfRequired(HttpClientBuilder builder,
+      final HttpClientConfiguration httpClientConfig) {
+    if (httpClientConfig.getAuthMode().equals(HttpClientConfiguration.ClientAuthMode.PASSWORD)) {
+      final CredentialsProvider provider = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
+      log.trace("Injecting basic authentication with username: {} and password: {}",
+          httpClientConfig.getUsername(), httpClientConfig.getPassword());
+      final UsernamePasswordCredentials credentials = new UsernamePasswordCredentials(
+          httpClientConfig.getUsername(), httpClientConfig.getPassword());
 
-      return keyStore;
+      final AuthScope scope = new AuthScope(AuthScope.ANY_HOST, AuthScope.ANY_PORT, AuthScope.ANY_REALM);
+      provider.setCredentials(scope, credentials);
+      builder.setDefaultCredentialsProvider(provider);
+      log.info("Basic http authentication was injected with username: {}",
+          httpClientConfig.getUsername());
 
-    } catch (final EaafException e) {
-      log.warn("Can NOT read keyStore: {} from filesystem", localKeyStorePath, null, e);
-      throw new EaafConfigurationException("Can NOT read keyStore: {} from filesystem",
-          new Object[] { localKeyStorePath }, e);
+    } else {
+      log.trace("Injection of Http Basic authentication was skipped");
 
     }
 
   }
 
-  private LayeredConnectionSocketFactory getSslContext(final ClientAuthMode clientAuthMode) {
+  @Nonnull
+  private LayeredConnectionSocketFactory getSslContext(final HttpClientConfiguration httpClientConfig)
+      throws EaafException {
     SSLContext sslContext = null;
     try {
-      if (clientAuthMode.equals(ClientAuthMode.SSL)) {
-        sslContext = buildSslContextWithSslClientAuthentication();
+      if (httpClientConfig.getAuthMode().equals(HttpClientConfiguration.ClientAuthMode.SSL)) {
+        log.debug("Open keyStore with type: {}", httpClientConfig.getKeyStoreConfig().getKeyStoreType());
+        final KeyStore keyStore = keyStoreFactory.buildNewKeyStore(httpClientConfig.getKeyStoreConfig())
+            .getFirst();
+
+        log.trace("Injecting SSL client-authentication into http client ... ");
+        sslContext = HttpUtils.buildSslContextWithSslClientAuthentication(keyStore,
+            httpClientConfig.getSslKeyAlias(), httpClientConfig.getSslKeyPassword(),
+            httpClientConfig.isDisableTlsHostCertificateValidation(), httpClientConfig.getFriendlyName());
 
       } else {
         log.trace("Initializing default SSL Context ... ");
@@ -305,8 +257,7 @@ public class HttpClientFactory implements IHttpClientFactory {
 
       // set hostname verifier
       HostnameVerifier hostnameVerifier = null;
-      if (basicConfig.getBasicConfigurationBoolean(
-          PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_SSL_HOSTNAMEVERIFIER_TRUSTALL, false)) {
+      if (httpClientConfig.isDisableHostnameValidation()) {
         hostnameVerifier = new NoopHostnameVerifier();
         log.warn("HTTP client-builder deactivates SSL Host-name verification!");
 
@@ -314,22 +265,20 @@ public class HttpClientFactory implements IHttpClientFactory {
 
       final LayeredConnectionSocketFactory sslSocketFactory =
           new SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslContext, hostnameVerifier);
-
+      log.debug("HTTP client-builder successfuly initialized");
       return sslSocketFactory;
 
-    } catch (final NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyManagementException | UnrecoverableKeyException
-        | KeyStoreException | EaafConfigurationException e) {
+    } catch (final NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
       log.warn("HTTP client-builder can NOT initialze SSL-Context", e);
+      throw new EaafFactoryException(ERROR_03, new Object[] {
+          httpClientConfig.getFriendlyName(), e.getMessage()}, e);
 
     }
 
-    log.info("HTTP client-builder successfuly initialized");
-    return null;
-
   }
 
-  private void injectConnectionPoolIfRequired(
-      final LayeredConnectionSocketFactory sslConnectionFactory) {
+  private void injectDefaultConnectionPoolIfRequired(
+      HttpClientBuilder builder, final LayeredConnectionSocketFactory sslConnectionFactory) {
     if (basicConfig.getBasicConfigurationBoolean(PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_POOL_USE,
         true)) {
       PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager pool;
@@ -355,15 +304,56 @@ public class HttpClientFactory implements IHttpClientFactory {
           basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_POOL_MAXTOTAL,
               DEFAULT_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_POOL_MAXTOTAL)));
 
-      httpClientBuilder.setConnectionManager(pool);
+      builder.setConnectionManager(pool);
       log.debug("Initalize http-client pool with, maxTotal: {} maxPerRoute: {}", pool.getMaxTotal(),
           pool.getDefaultMaxPerRoute());
 
     } else if (sslConnectionFactory != null) {
       log.trace("Inject SSLSocketFactory without connection pool");
-      httpClientBuilder.setSSLSocketFactory(sslConnectionFactory);
+      builder.setSSLSocketFactory(sslConnectionFactory);
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  private RequestConfig buildDefaultRequestConfig() {
+    final RequestConfig requestConfig =
+        RequestConfig.custom()
+            .setConnectTimeout(
+                Integer.parseInt(basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(
+                    PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_CONNECTION,
+                    DEFAULT_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_CONNECTION)) * 1000)
+            .setConnectionRequestTimeout(Integer.parseInt(basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(
+                PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_REQUEST,
+                DEFAULT_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_REQUEST)) * 1000)
+            .setSocketTimeout(Integer.parseInt(
+                basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(PROP_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_SOCKET,
+                    DEFAULT_CONFIG_CLIENT_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_SOCKET))
+                * 1000)
+            .build();
+    return requestConfig;
+
+  }
+
+  private static RedirectStrategy buildRedirectStrategy(final boolean followRedirects) {
+    RedirectStrategy redirectStrategy = new DefaultRedirectStrategy();
+    if (!followRedirects) {
+      redirectStrategy = new RedirectStrategy() {
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isRedirected(final HttpRequest request, final HttpResponse response,
+            final HttpContext context) throws ProtocolException {
+          return false;
+        }
 
+        @Override
+        public HttpUriRequest getRedirect(final HttpRequest request, final HttpResponse response,
+            final HttpContext context) throws ProtocolException {
+          return null;
+        }
+      };
     }
+    return redirectStrategy;
 
   }
 
diff --git a/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/utils/HttpUtils.java b/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/http/HttpUtils.java
index 66356ba0..2d514912 100644
--- a/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/utils/HttpUtils.java
+++ b/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/http/HttpUtils.java
@@ -16,14 +16,35 @@
  * works that you distribute must include a readable copy of the "NOTICE" text file.
 */
 
-package at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils;
+package at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http;
 
+import java.security.KeyManagementException;
+import java.security.KeyStore;
+import java.security.KeyStoreException;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.security.UnrecoverableKeyException;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafConfigurationException;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafFactoryException;
+
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.TrustAllStrategy;
+import org.apache.http.ssl.SSLContextBuilder;
+import org.apache.http.ssl.SSLContexts;
+import org.apache.http.ssl.TrustStrategy;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
+@Slf4j
 public class HttpUtils {
 
+  private static final String ERROR_03 = "internal.httpclient.03";
+
   /**
    * Helper method to retrieve server URL including context path.
    *
@@ -115,4 +136,59 @@ public class HttpUtils {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Initialize a {@link SSLContext} with a {@link KeyStore} that uses X509 Client
+   * authentication.
+   *
+   * @param keyStore                   KeyStore with private keys that should be
+   *                                   used
+   * @param keyAlias                   Alias of the key that should be used. If
+   *                                   the alias is null, than the first key that
+   *                                   is found will be selected.
+   * @param keyPasswordString          Password of the Key in this keystore
+   * @param trustAllServerCertificates Deactivate SSL server-certificate
+   *                                   validation
+   * @param friendlyName               FriendlyName of the http client for logging
+   *                                   purposes
+   * @return {@link SSLContext} with X509 client authentication
+   * @throws EaafConfigurationException In case of a configuration error
+   * @throws EaafFactoryException       In case of a {@link SSLContext}
+   *                                    initialization error
+   */
+  public static SSLContext buildSslContextWithSslClientAuthentication(@Nonnull final KeyStore keyStore,
+      @Nullable String keyAlias, @Nullable String keyPasswordString,
+      boolean trustAllServerCertificates, @Nonnull String friendlyName)
+      throws EaafConfigurationException, EaafFactoryException {
+    try {
+      log.trace("Open SSL Client-Auth keystore with password: {}", keyPasswordString);
+      final char[] keyPassword = keyPasswordString == null ? StringUtils.EMPTY.toCharArray()
+          : keyPasswordString.toCharArray();
+
+      SSLContextBuilder sslContextBuilder = SSLContexts.custom();
+      if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(keyAlias)) {
+        sslContextBuilder = sslContextBuilder
+            .loadKeyMaterial(keyStore, keyPassword, new EaafSslKeySelectionStrategy(keyAlias));
+
+      } else {
+        sslContextBuilder = sslContextBuilder
+            .loadKeyMaterial(keyStore, keyPassword);
+
+      }
+
+      if (trustAllServerCertificates) {
+        log.warn("Http-client:{} trusts ALL TLS server-certificates!");
+        final TrustStrategy trustStrategy = new TrustAllStrategy();
+        sslContextBuilder = sslContextBuilder.loadTrustMaterial(trustStrategy);
+
+      }
+
+      return sslContextBuilder.build();
+
+    } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyManagementException | UnrecoverableKeyException
+        | KeyStoreException e) {
+      throw new EaafFactoryException(ERROR_03, new Object[] { friendlyName, e.getMessage() }, e);
+
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/http/IHttpClientFactory.java b/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/http/IHttpClientFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ec58d46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/http/IHttpClientFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafException;
+
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
+
+public interface IHttpClientFactory {
+
+  /**
+   * Return an instance of a Apache HTTP client that uses
+   * default configuration properties from {@link IHttpClientFactory} implementation
+   * and follows http redirects automatically.
+   *
+   * @return http client
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  CloseableHttpClient getHttpClient();
+
+  /**
+   * Return an instance of a Apache HTTP client that uses
+   * default configuration properties from {@link IHttpClientFactory} implementation.
+   *
+   * @param followRedirects if <code>false</code>, the client does not flow 30x
+   *                        http redirects
+   * @return http client
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  CloseableHttpClient getHttpClient(boolean followRedirects);
+
+  /**
+   * Return an instance of a Apache HTTP client based in {@link HttpClientConfiguration}.
+   *
+   * @param config Configuration object for this http client
+   * @return http client
+   * @throws EaafException In case of a http-client initialization problem
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  CloseableHttpClient getHttpClient(@Nonnull HttpClientConfiguration config)
+      throws EaafException;
+
+}
diff --git a/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/utils/IHttpClientFactory.java b/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/utils/IHttpClientFactory.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f922e1ac..00000000
--- a/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/impl/utils/IHttpClientFactory.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-package at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils;
-
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
-
-public interface IHttpClientFactory {
-
-  /**
-   * Return an instance of a Apache HTTP client that follows http redirects
-   * automatically.
-   *
-   * @return
-   */
-  CloseableHttpClient getHttpClient();
-
-  /**
-   * Return an instance of a Apache HTTP client.
-   *
-   * @param followRedirects if <code>false</code>, the client does not flow 30x
-   *                        http redirects
-   * @return
-   */
-  CloseableHttpClient getHttpClient(boolean followRedirects);
-
-}
diff --git a/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/resources/messages/eaaf_utils_message.properties b/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/resources/messages/eaaf_utils_message.properties
index f531e02d..b20c5f63 100644
--- a/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/resources/messages/eaaf_utils_message.properties
+++ b/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/resources/messages/eaaf_utils_message.properties
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ internal.keystore.07=Validation of KeyStore: {0} failed. Reason: {1}
 internal.keystore.08=Can not access Key: {1} in KeyStore: {0}
 internal.keystore.09=Can not access Key: {1} in KeyStore: {0} Reason: {2}
 
-
+internal.httpclient.00=HttpClient:{0} uses http Basic-Auth, but 'Username' is NOT set
+internal.httpclient.01=HttpClient:{0} uses X509 client-auth, but 'KeyStoreConfig' is NOT set
+internal.httpclient.02=HttpClient:{0} uses KeyStore:{1}, but 'keyPassword' is NOT set
+internal.httpclient.03=Can not initialize SSLContext for HttpClient:{0} Reason:{1} 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/resources/spring/eaaf_utils.beans.xml b/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/resources/spring/eaaf_utils.beans.xml
index ab631e34..aa5a50de 100644
--- a/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/resources/spring/eaaf_utils.beans.xml
+++ b/eaaf_core_utils/src/main/resources/spring/eaaf_utils.beans.xml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
     http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.0.xsd" >
         
   <bean id="eaafHttpClientFactory"
-        class="at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.HttpClientFactory" />        
-        
+        class="at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http.HttpClientFactory" />        
+                      
   <bean id="eaafKeyStoreFactory"
         class="at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.credential.EaafKeyStoreFactory" />
 
diff --git a/eaaf_core_utils/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/test/http/HttpClientFactoryTest.java b/eaaf_core_utils/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/test/http/HttpClientFactoryTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2f0f80e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eaaf_core_utils/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/test/http/HttpClientFactoryTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,328 @@
+package at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.test.http;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.security.KeyStore;
+import java.security.KeyStoreException;
+import java.security.Provider;
+import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
+
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafException;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.credential.EaafKeyStoreFactory;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.data.Pair;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http.HttpClientConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http.IHttpClientFactory;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
+import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+import okhttp3.HttpUrl;
+import okhttp3.mockwebserver.MockResponse;
+import okhttp3.mockwebserver.MockWebServer;
+import okhttp3.mockwebserver.RecordedRequest;
+import okhttp3.tls.HandshakeCertificates;
+import okhttp3.tls.HeldCertificate;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration("/spring/test_eaaf_pvp_not_lazy.beans.xml")
+public class HttpClientFactoryTest {
+
+  @Autowired private EaafKeyStoreFactory keyStoreFactory;
+  @Autowired private IHttpClientFactory httpClientFactory;
+
+  private MockWebServer mockWebServer = null;
+  private HttpUrl mockServerUrl;
+
+  /**
+   * JUnit test set-up.
+   *
+   */
+  @Before
+  public void setup() {
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * jUnit test shutdown.
+   *
+   * @throws IOException In case of an mockWebServer error
+   */
+  @After
+  public void shutdown() throws IOException {
+    if (mockWebServer != null) {
+      mockWebServer.shutdown();
+      mockWebServer = null;
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getDefaultClient() {
+    final CloseableHttpClient client = httpClientFactory.getHttpClient();
+    Assert.assertNotNull("httpClient", client);
+
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getDefaultClientNoRedirect() {
+    final CloseableHttpClient client = httpClientFactory.getHttpClient(false);
+    Assert.assertNotNull("httpClient", client);
+
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getCustomClientsDefault() throws EaafException {
+    final HttpClientConfiguration config = new HttpClientConfiguration("jUnit");
+    Assert.assertFalse("Wrong default config - Hostnamevalidation",
+        config.isDisableHostnameValidation());
+    Assert.assertFalse("Wrong default config - TLS Server-certs",
+        config.isDisableTlsHostCertificateValidation());
+
+    final CloseableHttpClient client1 = httpClientFactory.getHttpClient(config);
+    Assert.assertNotNull("first http client", client1);
+
+    final CloseableHttpClient client2 = httpClientFactory.getHttpClient(config);
+    Assert.assertNotNull("second http client", client2);
+
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getCustomClientUnknownAuthMethod() throws EaafException {
+    final HttpClientConfiguration config = new HttpClientConfiguration("jUnit");
+    config.setAuthMode(RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5));
+    final CloseableHttpClient client = httpClientFactory.getHttpClient(config);
+    Assert.assertNotNull("httpClient", client);
+
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getCustomClientBasicAuth() throws EaafException, ClientProtocolException, IOException, InterruptedException {
+    final HttpClientConfiguration config = new HttpClientConfiguration("jUnit");
+    config.setAuthMode("password");
+    config.setUsername("jUnit");
+    config.setPassword("password");
+
+    final CloseableHttpClient client = httpClientFactory.getHttpClient(config);
+    Assert.assertNotNull("httpClient", client);
+
+    //setup test webserver that requestes http Basic authentication
+    mockWebServer = new MockWebServer();
+    mockServerUrl = mockWebServer.url("/sp/junit");
+    mockWebServer.enqueue(new MockResponse()
+        .setResponseCode(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED)
+        .addHeader("www-authenticate: Basic realm=\"protected area\"")
+        .setBody("Please authenticate."));
+    mockWebServer.enqueue(new MockResponse().setResponseCode(200)
+        .setBody("Successful auth!"));
+
+    //request webservice
+    final HttpUriRequest httpGet2 = new HttpGet(mockServerUrl.url().toString());
+    final CloseableHttpResponse httpResp2 = client.execute(httpGet2);
+    Assert.assertEquals("http statusCode", 200, httpResp2.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+
+    //check request contains basic authentication after authentication was requested
+    final RecordedRequest httpReq1 = mockWebServer.takeRequest();
+    final RecordedRequest httpReq2 = mockWebServer.takeRequest();
+    Assert.assertNull("wrong BasicAuthHeader", httpReq1.getHeader("Authorization"));
+    Assert.assertNotNull("missing BasicAuthHeader", httpReq2.getHeader("Authorization"));
+
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getCustomClientBasicAuthNoUsername(){
+    final HttpClientConfiguration config = new HttpClientConfiguration("jUnit");
+    config.setAuthMode("password");
+    try {
+      httpClientFactory.getHttpClient(config);
+      Assert.fail("Wrong config not detected");
+
+    } catch (final EaafException e) {
+      Assert.assertEquals("Wrong errorCode", "internal.httpclient.00", e.getErrorId());
+
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getCustomClientBasicAuthNoPassword() throws EaafException {
+    final HttpClientConfiguration config = new HttpClientConfiguration("jUnit");
+    config.setAuthMode("password");
+    config.setUsername(RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5));
+
+    final CloseableHttpClient client = httpClientFactory.getHttpClient(config);
+    Assert.assertNotNull("httpClient", client);
+
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getCustomClientX509AuthNoKeyStoreConfig(){
+    final HttpClientConfiguration config = new HttpClientConfiguration("jUnit");
+    config.setAuthMode("ssl");
+    try {
+      httpClientFactory.getHttpClient(config);
+      Assert.fail("Wrong config not detected");
+
+    } catch (final EaafException e) {
+      Assert.assertEquals("Wrong errorCode", "internal.httpclient.01", e.getErrorId());
+
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getCustomClientX509AuthNoKeyPassword() throws EaafException{
+    final HttpClientConfiguration config = new HttpClientConfiguration("jUnit");
+    config.setAuthMode("ssl");
+    config.buildKeyStoreConfig(
+        "jks",
+        "src/test/resources/data/junit.jks",
+        "password",
+        null);
+
+    try {
+      httpClientFactory.getHttpClient(config);
+      Assert.fail("Wrong config not detected");
+
+    } catch (final EaafException e) {
+      Assert.assertEquals("Wrong errorCode", "internal.httpclient.02", e.getErrorId());
+
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getCustomClientX509Auth() throws EaafException {
+    final HttpClientConfiguration config = new HttpClientConfiguration("jUnit");
+    config.setAuthMode("ssl");
+    config.buildKeyStoreConfig(
+        "jks",
+        "src/test/resources/data/junit.jks",
+        "password",
+        null);
+    config.setSslKeyPassword("password");
+
+    final CloseableHttpClient client = httpClientFactory.getHttpClient(config);
+    Assert.assertNotNull("httpClient", client);
+
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getCustomClientX509AuthWithAlias() throws EaafException, ClientProtocolException,
+      IOException, KeyStoreException {
+    final HttpClientConfiguration config = new HttpClientConfiguration("jUnit");
+    config.setAuthMode("ssl");
+    config.buildKeyStoreConfig(
+        "jks",
+        "src/test/resources/data/junit.jks",
+        "password",
+        null);
+    config.setSslKeyPassword("password");
+    config.setSslKeyAlias("sig");
+    config.setDisableTlsHostCertificateValidation(true);
+
+    final CloseableHttpClient client = httpClientFactory.getHttpClient(config);
+    Assert.assertNotNull("httpClient", client);
+
+    //set-up mock-up web-server with SSL client authentication
+    final Pair<KeyStore, Provider> sslClientKeyStore =
+        keyStoreFactory.buildNewKeyStore(config.getKeyStoreConfig());
+    final String localhost = InetAddress.getByName("localhost").getCanonicalHostName();
+    final HeldCertificate localhostCertificate = new HeldCertificate.Builder()
+        .addSubjectAlternativeName(localhost)
+        .build();
+    final HandshakeCertificates serverCertificates = new HandshakeCertificates.Builder()
+        .addTrustedCertificate(
+            (X509Certificate) sslClientKeyStore.getFirst().getCertificate(config.getSslKeyAlias()))
+        .heldCertificate(localhostCertificate)
+        .build();
+    mockWebServer = new MockWebServer();
+    mockWebServer.useHttps(serverCertificates.sslSocketFactory(), false);
+    mockWebServer.requireClientAuth();
+    mockWebServer.enqueue(new MockResponse().setResponseCode(200)
+        .setBody("Successful auth!"));
+    mockServerUrl = mockWebServer.url("/sp/junit");
+
+    //perform test request
+    final HttpUriRequest httpGet2 = new HttpGet(mockServerUrl.url().toString());
+    final CloseableHttpResponse httpResp2 = client.execute(httpGet2);
+    Assert.assertEquals("http statusCode", 200, httpResp2.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getCustomClientX509AuthWrongKeyPassword() throws EaafException{
+    final HttpClientConfiguration config = new HttpClientConfiguration("jUnit");
+    config.setAuthMode("ssl");
+    config.buildKeyStoreConfig(
+        "jks",
+        "src/test/resources/data/junit.jks",
+        "password",
+        null);
+    config.setSslKeyPassword(RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(5));
+    config.setSslKeyAlias("sig");
+
+    try {
+      httpClientFactory.getHttpClient(config);
+      Assert.fail("Wrong key password not detected");
+
+    } catch (final EaafException e) {
+      Assert.assertEquals("Wrong errorCode", "internal.httpclient.03", e.getErrorId());
+
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getCustomClientX509AuthWithWrongAlias() throws EaafException, KeyStoreException, ClientProtocolException, IOException {
+    final HttpClientConfiguration config = new HttpClientConfiguration("jUnit");
+    config.setAuthMode("ssl");
+    config.buildKeyStoreConfig(
+        "jks",
+        "src/test/resources/data/junit.jks",
+        "password",
+        null);
+    config.setSslKeyPassword("password");
+    config.setSslKeyAlias(RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5));
+    config.setDisableHostnameValidation(true);
+    config.setFollowHttpRedirects(false);
+    config.setDisableTlsHostCertificateValidation(true);
+
+    final CloseableHttpClient client = httpClientFactory.getHttpClient(config);
+    Assert.assertNotNull("httpClient", client);
+
+    //set-up mock-up web-server with SSL client authentication
+    final Pair<KeyStore, Provider> sslClientKeyStore =
+        keyStoreFactory.buildNewKeyStore(config.getKeyStoreConfig());
+    final String localhost = InetAddress.getByName("localhost").getCanonicalHostName();
+    final HeldCertificate localhostCertificate = new HeldCertificate.Builder()
+        .addSubjectAlternativeName(localhost)
+        .build();
+    final HandshakeCertificates serverCertificates = new HandshakeCertificates.Builder()
+        .addTrustedCertificate(
+            (X509Certificate) sslClientKeyStore.getFirst().getCertificate("meta"))
+        .heldCertificate(localhostCertificate)
+        .build();
+    mockWebServer = new MockWebServer();
+    mockWebServer.useHttps(serverCertificates.sslSocketFactory(), false);
+    mockWebServer.requireClientAuth();
+    mockWebServer.enqueue(new MockResponse().setResponseCode(200)
+        .setBody("Successful auth!"));
+    mockServerUrl = mockWebServer.url("/sp/junit");
+
+    //perform test request
+    final HttpUriRequest httpGet2 = new HttpGet(mockServerUrl.url().toString());
+    final CloseableHttpResponse httpResp2 = client.execute(httpGet2);
+    Assert.assertEquals("http statusCode", 200, httpResp2.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+
+  }
+}
diff --git a/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_auth_sl20/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/auth/sl20/tasks/AbstractCreateQualEidRequestTask.java b/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_auth_sl20/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/auth/sl20/tasks/AbstractCreateQualEidRequestTask.java
index d1887d5c..1d97b167 100644
--- a/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_auth_sl20/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/auth/sl20/tasks/AbstractCreateQualEidRequestTask.java
+++ b/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_auth_sl20/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/auth/sl20/tasks/AbstractCreateQualEidRequestTask.java
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.ISpConfiguration;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.process.ExecutionContext;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafAuthenticationException;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.TaskExecutionException;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http.IHttpClientFactory;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.idp.auth.modules.AbstractAuthServletTask;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.IHttpClientFactory;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.KeyValueUtils;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.Random;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.TransactionIdUtils;
diff --git a/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/pvp2/test/binding/PostBindingTest.java b/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/pvp2/test/binding/PostBindingTest.java
index 147199a5..ee601c73 100644
--- a/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/pvp2/test/binding/PostBindingTest.java
+++ b/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/pvp2/test/binding/PostBindingTest.java
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.IRequest;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.gui.IVelocityGuiBuilderConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http.IHttpClientFactory;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.idp.module.gui.DummyGuiBuilderConfigurationFactory;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.idp.module.test.TestRequestImpl;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.DomUtils;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.IHttpClientFactory;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.api.credential.EaafX509Credential;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.api.message.InboundMessageInterface;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.api.metadata.IPvp2MetadataProvider;
diff --git a/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/pvp2/test/binding/RedirectBindingTest.java b/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/pvp2/test/binding/RedirectBindingTest.java
index 37e4acd1..cbeca4c3 100644
--- a/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/pvp2/test/binding/RedirectBindingTest.java
+++ b/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/pvp2/test/binding/RedirectBindingTest.java
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import java.net.URLDecoder;
 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.IRequest;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http.IHttpClientFactory;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.idp.module.test.TestRequestImpl;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.IHttpClientFactory;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.PvpConstants;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.api.credential.EaafX509Credential;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.api.message.InboundMessageInterface;
diff --git a/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/pvp2/test/dummy/DummyMetadataProvider.java b/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/pvp2/test/dummy/DummyMetadataProvider.java
index 64ebe00c..3673859a 100644
--- a/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/pvp2/test/dummy/DummyMetadataProvider.java
+++ b/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/pvp2/test/dummy/DummyMetadataProvider.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafConfigurationException;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.IHttpClientFactory;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http.IHttpClientFactory;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.exception.Pvp2MetadataException;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.impl.metadata.AbstractChainingMetadataProvider;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.impl.metadata.PvpMetadataResolverFactory;
diff --git a/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/pvp2/test/metadata/ChainingMetadataTest.java b/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/pvp2/test/metadata/ChainingMetadataTest.java
index 6abe52dc..27c42c57 100644
--- a/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/pvp2/test/metadata/ChainingMetadataTest.java
+++ b/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/pvp2/test/metadata/ChainingMetadataTest.java
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.IConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http.IHttpClientFactory;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.FileUtils;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.IHttpClientFactory;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.api.metadata.IPvp2MetadataProvider;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.exception.Pvp2MetadataException;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.impl.metadata.PvpMetadataResolverFactory;
diff --git a/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/pvp2/test/metadata/MetadataResolverTest.java b/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/pvp2/test/metadata/MetadataResolverTest.java
index accdd8b0..da417ec7 100644
--- a/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/pvp2/test/metadata/MetadataResolverTest.java
+++ b/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_core/src/test/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/modules/pvp2/test/metadata/MetadataResolverTest.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
 
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.IHttpClientFactory;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http.IHttpClientFactory;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.api.metadata.IPvp2MetadataProvider;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.exception.CredentialsNotAvailableException;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.exception.Pvp2InternalErrorException;
diff --git a/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_idp/src/test/resources/spring/test_eaaf_core.beans.xml b/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_idp/src/test/resources/spring/test_eaaf_core.beans.xml
index 99552053..fa7b4eae 100644
--- a/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_idp/src/test/resources/spring/test_eaaf_core.beans.xml
+++ b/eaaf_modules/eaaf_module_pvp2_idp/src/test/resources/spring/test_eaaf_core.beans.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         class="at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.idp.module.gui.DummyGuiBuilderConfigurationFactory" />
   
   <bean id="httpClientFactory"
-        class="at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.HttpClientFactory" />
+        class="at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http.HttpClientFactory" />
         
   <bean id="dummyRevisionLogger"
         class="at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.logging.DummyRevisionsLogger" />
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0ce897ec..773e0937 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     <!-- jUnit testing -->
     <surefire.version>2.22.1</surefire.version>
     <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-    <com.squareup.okhttp3.version>4.0.0</com.squareup.okhttp3.version>
+    <com.squareup.okhttp3.version>4.4.1</com.squareup.okhttp3.version>
 
     <!-- Code helper plug-ins -->
     <org.projectlombok.lombok.version>1.18.10</org.projectlombok.lombok.version>
@@ -484,6 +484,12 @@
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
+        <artifactId>okhttp-tls</artifactId>
+        <version>${com.squareup.okhttp3.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>      
+      <dependency>
         <groupId>at.gv.egiz.eaaf</groupId>
         <artifactId>eaaf_core_utils</artifactId>
         <version>${egiz.eaaf.version}</version>