[Dovecot] TLS Issue

Brandon Davidson brandond at uoregon.edu
Sun Jul 11 00:27:53 EEST 2010


Leander,

On 7/10/10 2:14 PM, "Leander S." <leander.schaefer at googlemail.com> wrote:
> "You have attempted to establish a connection with "server". However,
> the security certificate presented belongs to "*.server". It is
> possible, though unlikely, that someone may be trying to intercept your
> communication with this web site."

IIRC, wildcard certificates are only valid for subdomains. *.domain.com
would be valid for a.domain.com, b.domain.com, but not domain.com. It also
relies upon the client supporting wildcard certs.

-Brad



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