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<title><application>libpq</application> - C Library</title>

only if the certificate also has just the IP address in the

<literal>cn</> field.

</para>

<para>

If the <literal>cn</> attribute in the certificate sent by the

server starts with an asterisk (<literal>*</>), it will be treated

as a wildcard. This wildcard can only be present at the start of

the value, and will match all characters <emphasis>except</> a

dot (<literal>.</>). This means the certificate will not match

subdomains.

</para>

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