I've a cert w/ CN of the form FOO.BAR.BAZ which is in use on a box
serving that hostname.  Bringing up a replacement for that box, I
gave the new site a name of the form test.FOO.BAR.BAZ and installed
a copy of the key and crt from FOO.BAR.BAZ on that one as well.

I expected netscape to complain about the CN hostname mismatch, but it
did not.  It seems as if netscape is treating the CN FOO.BAR.BAZ
exactly as it would *.FOO.BAR.BAZ.

Has anyone else noticed this?  How does IE handle this?  Opera?

If it is in fact universal, then requesting a CN of your domain name
should work on any hostname under that.  Wildcard certs for cheap!

I've tested 4.73 on linux and mac, and 6.0a (ie mozilla) on linux.

-JimC
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