Re: [WEB400] "The name on the security certificate does not match thename of the site."

["Peter Dow" <maillist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Anton,

Thanks. I actually got help from Mzll103 on the midrangedotcom chat room
yesterday.  IE5 does allow me to view the certificate; the problem was
terminology.  The error message refers to the site name; the MS certificate
view refers to an "Issued to:" name, or if you check the "Subject" details,
the CN (Common Name).  That gives one side of it.

The other side was what I was misunderstanding. Since the message said "name
of the site", for some reason I started looking at my host table, then the
server name in the Apache configuration, etc. -- it didn't occur to me it
was referring to the URL.  Once I got that through my head, it was simple to
issue a correct certificat.

Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 793-9050 voice
909 522-3214 cellular
909 793-4480 fax


----- Original Message -----
From: "Anton Gombkötö" <gombkoetoe@ASSOFT.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [WEB400] "The name on the security certificate does not match
the name of the site."


Had this today as we renewed our certificate and swapped from
assoftw.avenum.com to www.avenum.com in the certificate.

AFAIK: The client compares the value from the certificate, e.g.
www.mysite.com with the name from a DNS request for the IP. So when this
delivers e.g. myserver.mysite.com there's a difference and the browser
warns you.

Mozilla delviers a better error message than Internet Explorer; it was
clear then for me.