javax.net.ssl.SSLProtocolException: handshake alert: unrecognized_name

Issue

• We have an SSL connection setup for secure communication between two programs. But it fails with:

javax.net.ssl.SSLProtocolException: handshake alert:  unrecognized_name
    at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.handshakeAlert(ClientHandshaker.java:1292)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.recvAlert(SSLSocketImpl.java:1954)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1077)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1312)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1339)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1323)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(HttpsClient.java:515)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:185)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.connect(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:153)
...

• Getting issue when making connection as SSL to new jboss with JDK 1.7 where it is expected to to connect and launch a URL for GSA(Google Search Appliance) to crawl. Can -Djsse.enableSNIExtension=false be used? What impact does it have?