Java – Unsupported record version SSLv2Hello using CloseableHttpClient

I am trying to make an https call and getting the following error:
Unsupported record version SSLv2Hello

Can anyone please shed some light on what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks for your help.

Here is the StackTrace:

    debug:
    Unsupported record version SSLv2Hello
    javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Unsupported record version SSLv2Hello
    at sun.security.ssl.InputRecord.readV3Record(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.InputRecord.read(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory.createLayeredSocket(SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java:275)
    at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java:254)
    at org.apache.http.impl.conn.HttpClientConnectionOperator.connect(HttpClientConnectionOperator.java:123)
    at org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager.connect(PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager.java:318)
    at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.MainClientExec.establishRoute(MainClientExec.java:363)
    at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.MainClientExec.execute(MainClientExec.java:219)
    at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.ProtocolExec.execute(ProtocolExec.java:195)
    at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec.execute(RetryExec.java:86)
    at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RedirectExec.execute(RedirectExec.java:108)
    at org.apache.http.impl.client.InternalHttpClient.doExecute(InternalHttpClient.java:184)
    at org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient.execute(CloseableHttpClient.java:82)
    at httpcomponents.httpsTest.main(httpsTest.java:135)
    

Here is working example:

    import com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider;
    import java.io.IOException;
    import java.security.KeyManagementException;
    import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
    import java.security.SecureRandom;
    import java.security.Security;
    import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
    import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
    import java.text.MessageFormat;
    import java.util.ArrayList;
    import java.util.List;
    import java.util.Timer;
    import java.util.TimerTask;
    import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
    import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
    import javax.net.ssl.SSLException;
    import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession;
    import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocket;
    import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
    import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;
    import org.apache.http.Header;
    import org.apache.http.HttpHeaders;
    import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
    import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
    import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpHead;
    import org.apache.http.conn.socket.LayeredConnectionSocketFactory;
    import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory;
    import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLContexts;
    import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.X509HostnameVerifier;
    import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
    import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
    import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
    import org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager;
    import org.apache.http.protocol.BasicHttpContext;
    import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;

    String audioURL = "https://mydata.com/webreports/audio.jsp?callID=338786512&authentication=98695279578B04166629C0";
    RequestConfig requestConfig = null;
        requestConfig = RequestConfig
            .custom()
            .setConnectTimeout(5000)
            .setConnectionRequestTimeout(5000)
            .setSocketTimeout(5000)
            .build();
    PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager poolingHttpClientConnectionManager = null;
    poolingHttpClientConnectionManager = new PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager();
    poolingHttpClientConnectionManager.setMaxTotal(5);
    CloseableHttpClient closeableHttpClient = null;
    HttpHead httpHead = new HttpHead(audioURL);
    try {
        Provider sslProvider = new Provider();
        if (Security.getProvider(sslProvider.getName()) == null) {
            Security.addProvider(sslProvider);
        }
        TrustManager[] trustAllCerts = new TrustManager[]{
            new X509TrustManager() {
                @Override
                public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
                    return null;
                }
                @Override
                public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] certs, String authType) throws CertificateException {
                }
                @Override
                public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] certs, String authType) throws CertificateException {
                }
            }
        };
        SSLContext sslContext = SSLContexts
                .custom()
                .useSSL()
                .build();
        sslContext.init(null, trustAllCerts, new SecureRandom());
        LayeredConnectionSocketFactory sslConnectionSocketFactory = new SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslContext);
        X509HostnameVerifier x509HostnameVerifier = new X509HostnameVerifier() {
            @Override
            public void verify(String host, SSLSocket ssl) throws IOException {
                //do nothing
            }
            @Override
            public void verify(String host, X509Certificate cert) throws SSLException {
                //do nothing                                                            //do nothing
            }
            @Override
            public void verify(String host, String[] cns, String[] subjectAlts) throws SSLException {
                //do nothing
            }
            @Override
            public boolean verify(String string, SSLSession ssls) {
                return true;
            }
        };
        closeableHttpClient = HttpClientBuilder
                .create()
                .setDefaultRequestConfig(requestConfig)
                .setConnectionManager(poolingHttpClientConnectionManager)
                .setSslcontext(sslContext)
                .setHostnameVerifier(x509HostnameVerifier)
                .setSSLSocketFactory(sslConnectionSocketFactory)
                .build();
    } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException noSuchAlgorithmException) {
        System.out.println(noSuchAlgorithmException.getMessage());
    } catch (KeyManagementException keyManagementException) {
        System.out.println(keyManagementException.getMessage());
    }
    HttpContext httpContext = new BasicHttpContext();
    CloseableHttpResponse closeableHttpResponse = null;
    try {
        if (closeableHttpClient != null) {
            closeableHttpResponse = closeableHttpClient.execute(httpHead, httpContext);
            if (closeableHttpResponse != null) {
                int statusCode = closeableHttpResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
                System.out.println(String.valueOf(statusCode));
            }
        }
    } catch (IOException iOException) {
        System.out.println(iOException.getMessage());
    } finally {
        if (closeableHttpResponse != null) {
            try {
                closeableHttpResponse.close();
            } catch (IOException iOException) {
                System.out.println(iOException.getMessage());
            }
        }
        if (closeableHttpClient != null) {
            try {
                closeableHttpClient.close();
            } catch (IOException iOException) {
                System.out.println(iOException.getMessage());
            }
        }
    }