Is it possible to get Java to ignore the “trust store” and just accept whatever SSL certificate it gets?

Working code ( in jdk1.6.0_23) for #1.

Imports

import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;

The actual trust all TrustManager code.

TrustManager trm = new X509TrustManager() {
    public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
        return null;
    }

    public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] certs, String authType) {

    }

    public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] certs, String authType) {
    }
};

SSLContext sc = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
sc.init(null, new TrustManager[] { trm }, null);
HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultSSLSocketFactory(sc.getSocketFactory());