Description of problem: Following exception is logged by the client while verifying the hostname from the server certificate. The hostname verification process itself succeeds and seems to work as expected (except of bug 1265130), thus the message is very confusing for the user: IoReceiver - <hostname>/<ip>:<port> 2015-09-21 14:52:46,392 WARN [network.security.ssl.SSLUtil] Exception received while trying to verify hostname Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): qpid-java-*-0.30-7 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. configure and run broker listening for SSL connections 2. run some example SSL client 3. the SSL handshake succeeds, but the following exception is logged by the client: [network.security.ssl.SSLUtil] Exception received while trying to verify hostname Actual results: IoReceiver - <hostname>/<ip>:<port> 2015-09-21 14:52:46,392 WARN [network.security.ssl.SSLUtil] Exception received while trying to verify hostname Expected results: No exception message logged on successful SSL handshake (and server hostname verification) Additional info: