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Python Client `tls_validate_hostname` should validate hostname match against SANs

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**Is your enhancement request related to a problem? Please describe.**
The Python [Client](https://pulsar.apache.org/api/python/2.7.0-SNAPSHOT/#pulsar.Client.__init__) parameter `tls_validate_hostname` only validates that the endpoint hostname matches the Common Name in the TLS cert supplied by the endpoint.

**Describe the solution you'd like**
The Python Client should also validate against [Subject Alternative Name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject_Alternative_Name) field in the TLS cert. This is a common practice to include multiple hostnames in a TLS cert to share across scalable systems without necessarily having to use a wildcard the hostname.

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