Error Message: The Name on the Security Certificate Does Not Match the Name of the Site (257873)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

This article was previously published under Q257873

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to connect to a secure site with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 in Windows 2000, you may receive a Security Alert dialog box that contains the following message:

The name on the security certificate does not match the name of the site.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you attempt to connect to a site that uses wildcards in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) server certificate. Prior to the release of the hotfix described in this article, wildcards were not supported in SSL server certificates in Windows 2000.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 1.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/26/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbQFE kbWin2000SP1Fix KB257873