name mismatch on the certificate presented to the client. With this option
enabled, HAProxy will try to forge a certificate using the SNI hostname
indicated by the client. This is done only if no certificate matches the SNI
- hostname (see 'crt-list'). If an error occurs, the default certificate is
- used, else the 'strict-sni' option is set.
+ hostname (see 'crt-list').
+
+ In the event of a certificate generation error, the connection will fall back
+ on the default certificate. When using 'strict-sni', the default certificate
+ will not be used and the connection will result in a handshake failure.
+
It can also be used when HAProxy is configured as a reverse proxy to ease the
deployment of an architecture with many backends.