Ruby -- OpenSSL Hostname Verification Vulnerability

Ruby Developers report: After reviewing RFC 6125 and RFC 5280, we found multiple violations of matching hostnames and particularly wildcard certificates. Ruby’s OpenSSL extension will now provide a string-based matching algorithm which follows more strict behavior, as recommended by these RFCs. I...

Ruby OpenSSL Hostname Verification

After reviewing RFC 6125 and RFC 5280, we found multiple violations of matching hostnames and particularly wildcard certificates. Ruby’s OpenSSL extension will now provide a string-based matching algorithm which follows more strict behavior, as recommended by these RFCs. In particular, matching o...