When I access my site by domain.com from firefox says "Connection is untrusted" and it says "the certificate is valid only for *.domain.com".
But when I try to access the site www.domain.com, its resolving properly.
Firefox says,
This Connection is Untrusted You have
asked Firefox to connect securely to
eduvision.tv, but we can't confirm
that your connection is secure.
Normally, when you try to connect
securely, sites will present trusted
identification to prove that you are
going to the right place. However,
this site's identity can't be
verified.What Should I Do?
If you usually connect to this site
without problems, this error could
mean that someone is trying to
impersonate the site, and you
shouldn't continue.Technical Details
eduvision.tv uses an invalid security
certificate.The certificate is only valid for
*.eduvision.tv(Error code:
ssl_error_bad_cert_domain)I Understand the Risks
If you understand what's going on, you
can tell Firefox to start trusting
this site's identification. Even if
you trust the site, this error could
mean that someone is tampering with
your connection.Don't add an exception unless you know
there's a good reason why this site
doesn't use trusted identification.
Is there any way to avoid this error,or shall we add exception for this site.
Best Answer
an SSL certificate is only valid for a given domain - this is typically either www.domain.com OR domain.com. Wildcard SSL certs are also available (which it appears you have in this case) which will validate *.domain.com, including www.domain.com however still will not validate for domain.com.
Solutions would be:
I invariably go for the 1st option which is easily acheived in IIS or Apache