Problem Using GoDaddy Wildcard Certificate

Thomas Simmons twsnnva at gmail.com
Sun Mar 3 22:20:31 CET 2013


On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 9:09 AM, JDL <JDL at imaginenet.net> wrote:

> Thomas,
>
> Most wildcard certificates that I have encountered do NOT include the
> domain, only subdomains.  In other words "something.mydomain.com" would
> work but not simply "domain.com".  I know you tried the actual CN, but
> perhaps some component is having an issue with the asterisk.  If you wanted
> to make another test, you could try using a server name  which is similar
> to something.mydomain.com.
>
> Jim L.
>
> Hello Jim,

I tested using foo.mydomain.com, which resulted in the same error. I'm
fairly certain Phil is correct that wildcard certs do not work for this
purpose under Windows.

>
> On Mar 3, 2013, at 7:41 AM, Thomas Simmons <twsnnva at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 6:41 AM, Phil Mayers <p.mayers at imperial.ac.uk>wrote:
>
>> When you enable "validate...", what are you entering as the server name?
>> I'm not sure wildcard certs work with eap under windows.
>>
>> Hello Phil,
>
> Initially, I unchecked "Connect to these servers" and left this field
> empty - this is what I did with the self-signed cert that worked. I also
> tried *.mydomain.com (the CN) and domain.com. I can purchase a standard
> cert to verify this is the problem.
>
>
>> Thomas Simmons <twsnnva at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Hello All,
>> >
>> >I'm trying to get my setup working with a GoDaddy-issued wildcard
>> >certificate (I understand self-signed is recommended). I don't
>> >understand
>> >why this is not working and appreciate any input. What I have found so
>> >far:
>> >
>> >Everything works with self-signed certs. With the CA cert imported,
>> >"Validate server certificate" is not required.
>> >Everything works with GoDaddy certs on Android.
>> >Everything works with GoDaddy certs and "Validate ..." unchecked.
>>
>> --
>> Sent from my mobile device, please excuse brevity and typos.
>>
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