Which of the following could cause a browser to display the message below? “The security
certificate presented by this website was issued for a different website’s address.”
A.
The website certificate was issued by a different CA than what the browser recognizes in
its trusted CAs.
B.
The website is using a wildcard certificate issued for the company’s domain.
C.
HTTPS://127.0.01 was used instead of HTTPS://localhost.
D.
The website is using an expired self signed certificate.
Why is this C?
“The security certificate presented by this website was issued for a different website’s address.”
If we visited 127.0.0.1 but the cert was issued to local host, you’ll see that the certificate was issued for a different website. It was issued to localhost, but you’re at 127.0.0.1. Different names, same location.