diff --git a/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/util/CommonUtils.java b/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/util/CommonUtils.java
index 7a11e8e..4a56fef 100644
--- a/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/util/CommonUtils.java
+++ b/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/util/CommonUtils.java
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ package org.jasig.cas.client.util;
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
-import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.util.*;
+
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLException;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
@@ -397,11 +398,11 @@ public final class CommonUtils {
      */
     @Deprecated
     public static String getResponseFromServer(final String constructedUrl, final String encoding) {
-        try {
+    	try {
             return getResponseFromServer(new URL(constructedUrl), DEFAULT_URL_CONNECTION_FACTORY, encoding);
-        } catch (final Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
+        } catch (final IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage(), e);
+        }  
     }
 
     @Deprecated
@@ -419,7 +420,7 @@ public final class CommonUtils {
      */
     public static String getResponseFromServer(final URL constructedUrl, final HttpURLConnectionFactory factory,
             final String encoding) {
-
+    	
         HttpURLConnection conn = null;
         InputStreamReader in = null;
         try {
@@ -438,8 +439,14 @@ public final class CommonUtils {
             }
 
             return builder.toString();
-        } catch (final Exception e) {
-            LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+        } catch (final RuntimeException e) {
+        	throw e;
+        } catch (final SSLException e) {
+            LOGGER.error("SSL error getting response from host: {} : Error Message: {}", constructedUrl.getHost(), e.getMessage(), e);
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        } catch (final IOException e) {
+            LOGGER.error("Error getting response from host: [{}] with path: [{}] and protocol: [{}] Error Message: {}",
+            		constructedUrl.getHost(), constructedUrl.getPath(), constructedUrl.getProtocol(), e.getMessage(), e);
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         } finally {
             closeQuietly(in);
@@ -468,7 +475,7 @@ public final class CommonUtils {
     public static void sendRedirect(final HttpServletResponse response, final String url) {
         try {
             response.sendRedirect(url);
-        } catch (final Exception e) {
+        } catch (final IOException e) {
             LOGGER.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
         }
 
@@ -699,4 +706,5 @@ public final class CommonUtils {
             return defaultValue;
         }
     }
+
 }