net/http: detect when an HTTPS client contacts an HTTP server

Inspect the crypto/tls error to recognize this case and give a more
helpful error.

Fixes #11111.

Change-Id: I63f6af8c375aa892326ccccbd29655d54d68df0b
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/16079
Run-TryBot: Caleb Spare <cespare@gmail.com>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/net/http/client.go b/src/net/http/client.go
index 7f2fbb4678..47f145a0ca 100644
--- a/src/net/http/client.go
+++ b/src/net/http/client.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 package http
 
 import (
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -222,6 +223,14 @@ func send(req *Request, t RoundTripper) (resp *Response, err error) {
 		if resp != nil {
 			log.Printf("RoundTripper returned a response & error; ignoring response")
 		}
+		if tlsErr, ok := err.(tls.RecordHeaderError); ok {
+			// If we get a bad TLS record header, check to see if the
+			// response looks like HTTP and give a more helpful error.
+			// See golang.org/issue/11111.
+			if string(tlsErr.RecordHeader[:]) == "HTTP/" {
+				err = errors.New("http: server gave HTTP response to HTTPS client")
+			}
+		}
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return resp, nil
diff --git a/src/net/http/client_test.go b/src/net/http/client_test.go
index 01f8cbaa2d..40d5109862 100644
--- a/src/net/http/client_test.go
+++ b/src/net/http/client_test.go
@@ -743,6 +743,20 @@ func TestResponseSetsTLSConnectionState(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Check that an HTTPS client can interpret a particular TLS error
+// to determine that the server is speaking HTTP.
+// See golang.org/issue/11111.
+func TestHTTPSClientDetectsHTTPServer(t *testing.T) {
+	defer afterTest(t)
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(HandlerFunc(func(w ResponseWriter, r *Request) {}))
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	_, err := Get(strings.Replace(ts.URL, "http", "https", 1))
+	if got := err.Error(); !strings.Contains(got, "HTTP response to HTTPS client") {
+		t.Fatalf("error = %q; want error indicating HTTP response to HTTPS request", got)
+	}
+}
+
 // Verify Response.ContentLength is populated. https://golang.org/issue/4126
 func TestClientHeadContentLength(t *testing.T) {
 	defer afterTest(t)