java.security.cert.CertificateException: No name matching <hostname> found

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Issue

When making an HTTPS invocation from Java (e.g. in JBoss EAP using HttpsURLConnection, JAX-WS client, RESTEasy or JAX-RS client, etc), I receive the following error.

Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: java.security.cert.CertificateException: No name matching <hostname> found
        at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:174) [jsse.jar:1.6]
        at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.fatal(SSLSocketImpl.java:1611) [jsse.jar:1.6]
        at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:187) [jsse.jar:1.6]
        at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:181) [jsse.jar:1.6]
        at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:1035) [jsse.jar:1.6]

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 5.x
    • 6.x
  • Java

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