Apache HttpClient rejects SSL certificates with different forms of same IPv6 address

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Issue

  • Why does Apache HttpClient rejects SSL certificates with different forms of same IPv6 address, throwing the following exception ?
javax.net.ssl.SSLException: hostname in certificate didn't match: </2010:0bd8:aaaa:bbbb:cccc:0:0:0001> != <[2001:bd8:AAAA:bbbb:cccc::1]>
        at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.AbstractVerifier.verify(AbstractVerifier.java:228)
        at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.BrowserCompatHostnameVerifier.verify(BrowserCompatHostnameVerifier.java:54)
        at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.AbstractVerifier.verify(AbstractVerifier.java:149)
        at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.AbstractVerifier.verify(AbstractVerifier.java:130)
        at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:397)
        at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLSocketFactory.java:495)
        at org.apache.http.conn.scheme.SchemeSocketFactoryAdaptor.connectSocket(SchemeSocketFactoryAdaptor.java:62)
        at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:148)
        at org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPoolEntry.open(AbstractPoolEntry.java:150)
        at org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPooledConnAdapter.open(AbstractPooledConnAdapter.java:121)
        at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.tryConnect(DefaultRequestDirector.java:575)
        at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:425)
        at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:820)
        at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:754)
        at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:732)
       ...

Environment

  • Apache HttpClient (HttpClient)
    • 4.1.3
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 6.x

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