It usually means that the name, e.g., Common Name, in your certificate and the name of your server, e.g., http server, where the certificate originated from don't match.
How did you created the certificate? Ex, openssl? Hope this helps, Pae ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard S. Huntrods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 9:55 AM Subject: What does it mean - "Name on certificate does not match name of the site" > Greetings! > > Last post for a while - I promise! <G> > > What does it mean - "Name on certificate does not match name of the > site"? > > I did the "self-signed" certificate thing for SSL. There are three > messages that appear on the pop-up dialog when you access the secure > site. The first says "The certificate ... non-trusted company" (in > essence). It is a warning. The second message says "... date is valid". > It is "OK". The third warning is the one above. > > I know and expect the first warning - unless someone like Verisign > "signs" the certificate, it is considered untrusted. Self-signed > certificates will always give this warning. No problem. > > However, when you create a self-signed cert, I cannot find a place to > put the site - so I cannot see how this third warning can be prevented. > The questions are: > Your name (I assume that's my personal name) > Your company org unit (what the heck is this? I put my domain name > here) > Your company (obvious) > Your city (obvious) > Your province/state (obvious) > Your country code (two letters) > > Besides the passwords, I cannot see what would signify "site" to the > certificate. > > Assistance? Feel free to point me to something on Sun or Verisign's > site. I didn't find anything on a cursory look-over, but I'd be glad to > know of an "M" to "RTF". > > Cheers, and thanks in advance. > > -Richard > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
