On Thu, 7 May 1998, Wyman Eric Miles wrote:
>
> This is documented on Netscape's technical support site. Basically, the
> client compares the common name given in the certificate to the URL. If
> the two don't match, you get that error. For example:
>
> Our test server is pecos.is.rice.edu and I (oops) created a certificate
> with a CN of "Rice University" and received that error. If I create a
> certificate with a CN of "(pecos.is.rice.edu|pecos.is|pecos)" I'm covered
Does this work with MSIE?
Last I knew wildcards didn't, not sure about other regexes...
> for any way visitors can come to the site and they shouldn't receive that
> error message; https://pecos or https://pecos.is or
> https://pecos.is.rice.edu
>
> You can either use common names like the above that are a series of values
> OR'd inside parenthesis or just give the name of the site as it should be
> accessed: "ruf.rice.edu"
>
> Wyman
>
>
> On Thu, 7 May 1998, Steven Bolbot wrote:
>
> > Well I finally got the server up and running :)
> > One question I do have though: When I connect with a web browser (in this
> > case Netscape) it displays this:
> > The certificate that the site 'storm.lightning.tne.net.au' has presented does
> > not contain the correct site name. It is possible, though unlikely, that
> > someone may be trying to intercept your communication with this site. If you
> > suspect the certificate shown below does not belong to the site you are
> > connecting with, please cancel the connection and notify the site
> > administrator.
> >
> > Exactly where do I put the site name so this error message doesn't come up?
> >
> > Thanks
> > - SB
> > ________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > \ |_) | Steven Bolbot
> > |\/ | | __ \ _ \ __| _` | | | __| sjb@tne.net.au
> > | | | | | ( | | ( | | | | ICQ: 1221679
> > _| _|_|_| _|\___/ \__|\__,_|\__,_|_| http://Minotaur.home.ml.org
> >
> > Go to
> > <http://minotaur.home.ml.org/sjb.asc>http://Minotaur.home.ml.org/sjb.asc
> > for my
> > PGP Public Key.
> > ========================================================================
> > Out of the token ring, through the router, to the t1, down the fiber, over the
> > cable, through a
> > repeater, off another router, past the firewall...Nothing but
> > net!
> >
>
> Wyman Miles
> Systems Administrator, Systems and LAN Management, Rice University, Texas.
> (713) 737-5827, e-mail:wymanm@rice.edu, pager:wymanm@pager.rice.edu
> SalMoN AntiSpam software for UNIX: http://is.rice.edu/~wymanm/smn
>