Re: [Bug-wget] SAN check, error

[Tony Lewis]

Heino Pedersen <address@hidden> writes:

> Wget does not accept SAN when checking the certificate.
>
>
> address@hidden:~$ wget  -O /dev/null "https://domain.com";
> --2012-01-17 00:33:58--  https://domain.com Løser kypto.dk... 
> 62.141.46.191 Connecting to domain.com|127.0.10.10|:443... forbundet.
> ERROR: certificate common name `*.domain.com' doesn't match requested 
> host name `domain.com'.
> To connect to domain.com insecurely, use `--no-check-certificate'.

I think the error message is correct: "domain.com" does NOT match 
"*.domain.com". It would match "www.domain.com" or "ftp.domain.com".

Tony