TroubleshootingBeginner

Subject Alternative Names (SAN)

Master SANs for multi-domain certificates. See SAN types: DNS, IP, email, and URI with real examples.

Interactive Demo
SAN Explainer

Does Your Domain Match?

Enter a domain to test against certificate SANs

Match Found!

"www.shop.example.com" matches at least one SAN entry in this certificate.

Certificate SANs

DNS:example.com
DNS:www.example.com
DNS:*.example.com
DNS:api.example.com
DNS:*.shop.example.com

Match Results

DNS:example.com
No match
DNS:www.example.com
No match
DNS:*.example.com
Wildcard only matches one level (found: www.shop)
DNS:api.example.com
No match
DNS:*.shop.example.com
Wildcard matches "www" level

Key Rule

Wildcards (*.example.com) only match ONE subdomain level. They don't match the bare domain or multi-level subdomains.