Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Public key certificate" in English language version.
Wildcard certificates are not allowed for EV Certificates.
For example, *.example.com would match a.example.com, foo.example.com, etc. but would not match example.com.
This document states that the wildcard character '*' SHOULD NOT be included in presented identifiers but MAY be checked by application clients (mainly for the sake of backward compatibility with deployed infrastructure). [...] Several security considerations justify tightening the rules: [...]
For example, *.example.com would match a.example.com, foo.example.com, etc. but would not match example.com.
This document states that the wildcard character '*' SHOULD NOT be included in presented identifiers but MAY be checked by application clients (mainly for the sake of backward compatibility with deployed infrastructure). [...] Several security considerations justify tightening the rules: [...]
[...] *.a.com matches foo.a.com but not bar.foo.a.com.
For example, *.example.com would match a.example.com, foo.example.com, etc. but would not match example.com.
This document states that the wildcard character '*' SHOULD NOT be included in presented identifiers but MAY be checked by application clients (mainly for the sake of backward compatibility with deployed infrastructure). [...] Several security considerations justify tightening the rules: [...]
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help){{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)