[oclug] ssl problems

[Scott Wunsch]

On Tue, 17-Apr-2001 at 17:58:38 -0700, Bill Omer wrote:

> Hey all,

> I'm hoping some one can help with this problem I have.  I have
> apache.mod_ssl installed, but when you go to
> https://server1.supportwizard.com  it says that The name on the security
> certificate does not match the name of the site.   However, the hostname

It's right.  The server name embedded in your certificate is just your IP
address, not server1.supportwizard.com.

> on the machine is server1.supportwizard.com, and you can now do a reverse
> lookup on the ip addresses (thinking that could be the cause of the
> problem, I enabled the reverse mapping of the ips).  I added
> 'server1.supportwizard.com' as the ServerName in the httpd.conf file for
> the ssl configuration, but that also did not fix this problem.  I'm at a

It has nothing to do with this, and everything to do with what's in the
certificate.  Like it says, "The name on the certificate does not match the
name of the site."  It's the name on the certificate that you need to fix.

-- 
Take care,
Scott \\'unsch

... Columbus _did_ have a fourth ship - it sailed over the edge.
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