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Re: subjectAltName does not match - Wrong test?!

From: Sven Anders <anders_at_anduras.de>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:40:05 +0200

Michael Wood schrieb:
> 2009/9/15 Sven Anders <anders_at_anduras.de>:
>
>> Yes and No. An DNS or IP entry should match, but I can have other
>> entries (like email, RID, URI, otherName,...) too.
>> These should not considered when trying to match.
>>
>
> OK, but is it OK to have Subject: C=DE,...C=Germany? Why do you have
> the country in there twice? And why no CN=hostname?
>
>
Ok, this is wrong. But it's not the cause of the problem.

> Are you saying that the hostname check should not be done because
> there isn't one in the certificate?
>
>
Yes, it should then checked against the CN.
(See Peter Sylvester's first answer...)

Regards
 Sven

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Received on 2009-09-15