MODCLUSTER000043: Failed to send INFO to localhost/127.0.0.1:6666: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Remote host closed connection during handshake

Issue

mod_cluster does not startup when using SSL.

12:16:35,045 ERROR [org.jboss.modcluster] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 52) MODCLUSTER000043: Failed to send INFO to localhost/127.0.0.1:6666: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Remote host closed connection during handshake
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:963) [jsse.jar:1.7.0_111]
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1342) [jsse.jar:1.7.0_111]
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.writeRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:719) [jsse.jar:1.7.0_111]
    at sun.security.ssl.AppOutputStream.write(AppOutputStream.java:122) [jsse.jar:1.7.0_111]
    at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.writeBytes(StreamEncoder.java:221) [rt.jar:1.7.0_111]
    at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.implFlushBuffer(StreamEncoder.java:291) [rt.jar:1.7.0_111]
    at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.implFlush(StreamEncoder.java:295) [rt.jar:1.7.0_111]
    at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.flush(StreamEncoder.java:141) [rt.jar:1.7.0_111]
    at java.io.OutputStreamWriter.flush(OutputStreamWriter.java:229) [rt.jar:1.7.0_111]
    at java.io.BufferedWriter.flush(BufferedWriter.java:254) [rt.jar:1.7.0_111]
    at org.jboss.modcluster.mcmp.impl.DefaultMCMPHandler.sendRequest(DefaultMCMPHandler.java:511)
    at org.jboss.modcluster.mcmp.impl.DefaultMCMPHandler.sendRequest(DefaultMCMPHandler.java:600)
    at org.jboss.modcluster.mcmp.impl.DefaultMCMPHandler.status(DefaultMCMPHandler.java:372)
    at org.jboss.modcluster.mcmp.impl.DefaultMCMPHandler.status(DefaultMCMPHandler.java:350)
    at org.jboss.modcluster.ModClusterService.status(ModClusterService.java:458)
    at org.jboss.as.modcluster.ModClusterService.start(ModClusterService.java:116)
    at org.jboss.as.clustering.msc.AsynchronousService$1.run(AsynchronousService.java:86) [jboss-as-clustering-common-7.4.0.Final-redhat-19.jar:7.4.0.Final-redhat-19]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) [rt.jar:1.7.0_111]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) [rt.jar:1.7.0_111]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.7.0_111]
    at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:122) [jboss-threads-2.1.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.1.Final-redhat-1]
Caused by: java.io.EOFException: SSL peer shut down incorrectly
    at sun.security.ssl.InputRecord.read(InputRecord.java:482) [jsse.jar:1.7.0_111]
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:944) [jsse.jar:1.7.0_111]
    ... 20 more