From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 1 16:11:40 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AF9BD22 for ; Fri, 1 Mar 2013 16:11:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from feld@feld.me) Received: from feld.me (unknown [IPv6:2607:f4e0:100:300::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 582BC78B for ; Fri, 1 Mar 2013 16:11:40 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=feld.me; s=blargle; h=In-Reply-To:Message-Id:From:Mime-Version:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:Content-Type; bh=02DvRQsFwtQky9yBIomMj0lTi178l8zz1AvY1Tf6uUw=; b=IBwaoIOClx16WaGLGsUstxqLmPshzTuikcm9Y714eJaF+PkPNTUGI01Xz+7CajVV8h7qDud85nMhsuXJrD2iOtxbKCYzVYDBt7QRB3HQew1aMH0/hDibNRO9k9dOwsNA; Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=mwi1.coffeenet.org) by feld.me with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1UBSYZ-000OuA-9r; Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:11:36 -0600 Received: from feld@feld.me by mwi1.coffeenet.org (Archiveopteryx 3.1.4) with esmtpsa id 1362154289-66552-84087/5/3; Fri, 1 Mar 2013 16:11:29 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: Javad Kouhi , fbsd8@a1poweruser.com Subject: Re: https://wiki.freebsd.org/ certificate error References: <5130B651.9030607@a1poweruser.com> <1362147256.788.3.camel@archlinux> <5130BC16.8020903@aboutsupport.com> <5130CC82.4000607@a1poweruser.com> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 10:11:29 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 From: Mark Felder Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <5130CC82.4000607@a1poweruser.com> User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.13 (FreeBSD) X-SA-Report: ALL_TRUSTED=-1, KHOP_THREADED=-0.5 X-SA-Score: -1.5 Cc: "Zyumbilev, Peter" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:11:40 -0000 On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:42:58 -0600, wrote: > The fact remains, the ms/browsers do find the wiki.freebsd.org > wedsite's certificate invalid because the certificate ip address does > not match the ip address the public dns points to. You can put a certificate on any IP address you want. It's not embedded into the certificate. For the most part it only matters that the CommonName on the certificate matches the hostname of the website and the certificate chain is valid.