Expressway validates received certificates against the Subject Alternative Name attribute, not the common name.

Checked 2026-09-30

Expressway uses the SAN attribute to validate received certificates, not the CN.
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Cisco Expressway
Subsystem
tls
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
X15.2 to X15.4
Checked
2026-09-30

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 30). Setting up certificates on Cisco Expressway: source note expressway-certificate-setup-san-not-cn. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/expressway-certificate-setup-san-not-cn

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-expressway-certificate-setup-san-not-cn,
  title  = {Setting up certificates on Cisco Expressway: source note expressway-certificate-setup-san-not-cn},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/expressway-certificate-setup-san-not-cn},
  note   = {Source note expressway-certificate-setup-san-not-cn, checked 2026-09-30}
}

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