SSL handshake alert: unrecognized_name error since upgrade to Java 1.7.0

Question

I upgraded from Java 1.6 to Java 1.7 today. Since then an error occur when I try to establish a connection to my webserver over SSL:

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Answer 1

I hit the same problem and it turned out that reverse dns was not setup correct, it pointed to wrong hostname for the IP. After I correct reverse dns and restart httpd, the warning is gone. (if I don't correct reverse dns, adding ServerName did the trick for me as well)