diff --git a/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/tcp/SslSocketHelper.java b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/tcp/SslSocketHelper.java
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+/**
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.activemq.transport.tcp;
+
+import javax.management.remote.JMXPrincipal;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocket;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
+
+/**
+ * @version $Revision$
+ */
+public class SslSocketHelper {
+    public static SSLSocket createSSLSocket(String certDistinguishedName, boolean wantAuth, boolean needAuth) throws IOException {
+        JMXPrincipal principal = new JMXPrincipal(certDistinguishedName);
+        X509Certificate cert = new StubX509Certificate(principal);
+        StubSSLSession sslSession = new StubSSLSession(cert);
+
+        StubSSLSocket sslSocket = new StubSSLSocket(sslSession);
+        sslSocket.setWantClientAuth(wantAuth);
+        sslSocket.setNeedClientAuth(needAuth);
+        return sslSocket;
+    }
+}