iOS and SSL: Unable to validate self-signed server certificate

Question

    I\'m fairly new to consuming webservices using SSL channel. After fairly good search I had found a way to perform SSL/HTTPS authentication using

Answer 1

I cannot tell if your code is valid or not, because I use RestKit for consuming REST interfaces, however the most common problem that results in NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1012 is that the self-signed certificate does not have subject alternative name extension pointing to the web service if address.

To examine your certificate, download the Portecle app, very useful if you need to look inside ssl certificates. Run it and choose Examine->Examine Certificate from the menu and navigate to your certificate. You will see basic information about your certificate, now press the Examine button, then Subject alternative name, and make sure proper ip address of your web service is there. If not, you need to create the certificate again with this information in place.