def connect(self):
    "Connect to a host on a given (SSL) port."
    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    sock.connect((self.host, self.port))
    boto.log.debug("wrapping ssl socket; CA certificate file=%s",
                   self.ca_certs)
    self.sock = ssl.wrap_socket(sock, keyfile=self.key_file,
                                certfile=self.cert_file,
                                cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_REQUIRED,
                                ca_certs=self.ca_certs)
    cert = self.sock.getpeercert()
    hostname = self.host.split(':', 0)[0]
    if not ValidateCertificateHostname(cert, hostname):
      raise InvalidCertificateException(hostname,
                                        cert,
                                        'remote hostname "%s" does not match '\
                                        'certificate' % hostname)
Connect to a host on a given (SSL) port.