On 2/13/2010 2:51 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
> Mark Hansen wrote:
>> The CN on the certificate (which happens to be ipostoffice.worldnet.att.net)
>> needs to match the name of the host you're accessing (which happens to be
>> ipostoffice.att.net) or you'll get this warning.
>> 
>> If AT&T told you to use "ipostoffice.att.net", then they're certificate is
>> configured with with the wrong name.
>> 
>> However, notice that both host names point to the same host (ping both
>> names, and you'll see they evaluate to the same IP address) - so you
>> can just change the host name you're using to the one expected by the
>> certificate (ipostoffice.worldnet.att.net) and the warning will go
>> away.
>> 
>> If AT&T told you to use the other name, however, then I would expect
>> this to work only until they correct the certificate with the proper
>> value.
> 
> Fair enough, that makes sense.
> 
> I'll do it wrong until they update and force me to do it right.
> 

I wouldn't "do it wrong". I would do it the way they require you to
do it to get the result you want :)
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