> Browsers require that ssl certificates have the same name as the server
> from which they come.
That's an https protocol requirement, not a browser requirement (well, at
least not directly.)
> I believe this name of the certificate is the
> "common name" requested in the certificate set-up. Is this correct?
Yes. There are also "wildcard" names, which let you say things like
"*.example.com".
> Is the
> file name of the certificate irrelevant?
Yes.
/r$
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