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MASTG-TEST-0021 Testing Endpoint Identify Verification Verify that a certificate comes from a trusted source, i.e. CA (Certificate Authority) and that the HostnameVerifier is used correctly to ensure the URL's hostname match the server's hostname denoted by the certificate's CN (Common Name) either by wildcard or a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name).
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