Closed Bug 504867 Opened 15 years ago Closed 15 years ago

SSL Wildcard cert only works on first subdomain level

Categories

(Firefox :: Security, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Security
Version:
3.5 Branch
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 495339

People

(Reporter: stephan, Unassigned)

References

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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.1.1) Gecko/20090715 Firefox/3.5.1 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.1.1) Gecko/20090715 Firefox/3.5.1 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

When i open a Website via HTTPS that have 2 levels of subdomains and the ssl cert is a wildcard cert i get the error that the cert is only valid for *.example.tld and not for test.*.example.tld.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open a SSL Secured Webpage with 2 levels of subdomains(f.e.: https://ph3-der-loewe.vm.fellig.org/)

Actual Results:  
I get an SSL Warning page that the cert only i valid for first level of subdomain.

Expected Results:  
It works!
Component: General → Security
Version: unspecified → 3.5 Branch
This is not a bug (that's why you get the warning). Firefox was changed in order to be standards compliant with RFC 2818. Just like Internet Explorer, Safari and Chrome.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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