# Does client verification require host based certificates?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-client-verification-require-host-based-certificates/230243>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 28, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-client-verification-require-host-based-certificates/230243 "2020-04-28T19:27:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-client-verification-require-host-based-certificates/230243/2 "2020-04-28T22:18:20Z")

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That came up recently [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-beat-force-peer-authentication-doesnt-check-hostname-info/229683). The name in the client certificiate is not checked.

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