HTTPS hostname wrong: should be . What causes this?

Question

I am getting this \'HTTPS hostname wrong:\' error when trying to connect to a server using https. My url looks something like this

https://sub.domain.com/tam         


        

Answer 1

I got this exception - java.io.IOException: HTTPS hostname wrong: should be .

My solution is I changed my self-signed certificate and make the CN=localhost.

OR

Add your certificate domain-name cn= to your host file probably located at c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/...