splunk/splunk-sdk-java — pull request #4 by ziegfried (2012-08-10 20:11:28+00:00)
Title: Custom SSLSocketFactory for HttpService

Instead of overriding the global SSLSocketFactory for HttpsUrlConnections use a custom factory and configure it to use SSLv3 only (otherwise communicating to Splunk instances with supportSSLV3Only set to true won't work)