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authorJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2023-04-22 00:21:25 +0100
committerJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2023-04-22 16:26:47 +0100
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Docs: clarify TLS cert name verification
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@@ -26161,7 +26161,8 @@ This option give a list of hosts for which,
while verifying the server certificate,
checks will be included on the host name
(note that this will generally be the result of a DNS MX lookup)
-versus Subject and Subject-Alternate-Name fields. Wildcard names are permitted
+versus the Subject-Alternate-Name (or, if none, Subject-Name) fields.
+Wildcard names are permitted,
limited to being the initial component of a 3-or-more component FQDN.
There is no equivalent checking on client certificates.