diff --git a/NetSSL_OpenSSL/src/HTTPSStreamFactory.cpp b/NetSSL_OpenSSL/src/HTTPSStreamFactory.cpp
index 371c2bde1..0f23d2408 100644
--- a/NetSSL_OpenSSL/src/HTTPSStreamFactory.cpp
+++ b/NetSSL_OpenSSL/src/HTTPSStreamFactory.cpp
@@ -75,17 +75,25 @@ HTTPSStreamFactory::~HTTPSStreamFactory()
 
 std::istream* HTTPSStreamFactory::open(const URI& uri)
 {
-	poco_assert (uri.getScheme() == "https");
+	poco_assert (uri.getScheme() == "https" || uri.getScheme() == "http");
 
 	URI resolvedURI(uri);
+	URI proxyUri;
 	HTTPClientSession* pSession = 0;
 	try
 	{
+		bool retry = false;
 		int redirects = 0;
 		do
 		{
-			pSession = new HTTPSClientSession(resolvedURI.getHost(), resolvedURI.getPort());
-			pSession->setProxy(_proxyHost, _proxyPort);
+			if (resolvedURI.getScheme() != "http")
+				pSession = new HTTPSClientSession(resolvedURI.getHost(), resolvedURI.getPort());
+			else
+				pSession = new HTTPClientSession(resolvedURI.getHost(), resolvedURI.getPort());
+			if (proxyUri.empty())
+				pSession->setProxy(_proxyHost, _proxyPort);
+			else
+				pSession->setProxy(proxyUri.getHost(), proxyUri.getPort());
 			std::string path = resolvedURI.getPathAndQuery();
 			if (path.empty()) path = "/";
 			HTTPRequest req(HTTPRequest::HTTP_GET, path, HTTPMessage::HTTP_1_1);
@@ -94,20 +102,38 @@ std::istream* HTTPSStreamFactory::open(const URI& uri)
 			std::istream& rs = pSession->receiveResponse(res);
 			bool moved = (res.getStatus() == HTTPResponse::HTTP_MOVED_PERMANENTLY || 
 			              res.getStatus() == HTTPResponse::HTTP_FOUND || 
-			              res.getStatus() == HTTPResponse::HTTP_SEE_OTHER);
+			              res.getStatus() == HTTPResponse::HTTP_SEE_OTHER ||
+						  res.getStatus() == HTTPResponse::HTTP_TEMPORARY_REDIRECT);
 			if (moved)
 			{
 				resolvedURI.resolve(res.get("Location"));
-				delete pSession;
+				//throw URIRedirection(resolvedURI.toString());
+				delete pSession; pSession = 0;
 				++redirects;
+				retry = true;
 			}
 			else if (res.getStatus() == HTTPResponse::HTTP_OK)
 			{
 				return new HTTPResponseStream(rs, pSession);
 			}
-			else throw HTTPException(res.getReason(), uri.toString());
+			else if (res.getStatus() == HTTPResponse::HTTP_USEPROXY && !retry)
+			{
+				//The requested resource MUST be accessed through the proxy 
+				//given by the Location field. The Location field gives the 
+				//URI of the proxy. The recipient is expected to repeat this 
+				//single request via the proxy. 305 responses MUST only be generated by origin servers.
+				// only use for one single request!
+				proxyUri.resolve(res.get("Location"));
+				delete pSession; pSession = 0;
+				retry = true; //only allow useproxy once
+			}
+			else 
+			{
+				delete pSession; pSession = 0;
+				throw HTTPException(res.getReason(), uri.toString());
+			}
 		}
-		while (redirects < MAX_REDIRECTS);
+		while (retry && redirects < MAX_REDIRECTS);
 		throw HTTPException("Too many redirects", uri.toString());
 	}
 	catch (...)
diff --git a/NetSSL_OpenSSL/src/SecureSocketImpl.cpp b/NetSSL_OpenSSL/src/SecureSocketImpl.cpp
index e80722727..944d95b87 100644
--- a/NetSSL_OpenSSL/src/SecureSocketImpl.cpp
+++ b/NetSSL_OpenSSL/src/SecureSocketImpl.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include "Poco/RegularExpression.h"
 #include <openssl/x509v3.h>
 #include <openssl/err.h>
+#include <set>
 
 
 using Poco::IOException;
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ namespace Poco {
 namespace Net {
 
 
+static void getCertNames (X509*, std::string& commonName, std::set<std::string>& DNSNames);
+
+
 SecureSocketImpl::SecureSocketImpl():_pBIO(0), _pSSL(0)
 {
 }
@@ -420,43 +424,10 @@ long SecureSocketImpl::postConnectionCheck(SSLManager::ContextPtr pContext, X509
 		return X509_V_ERR_APPLICATION_VERIFICATION;
 	}
 
-	bool ok = false;
-
-	if ((extcount = X509_get_ext_count(cert)) > 0)
-	{
-		for (int i = 0; i < extcount && !ok; ++i)
-		{
-			const char* extstr = 0;
-			X509_EXTENSION* ext;
-			ext = X509_get_ext(cert, i);
-			extstr = OBJ_nid2sn(OBJ_obj2nid(X509_EXTENSION_get_object(ext)));
-
-			if (!strcmp(extstr, "subjectAltName"))
-			{
-				X509V3_EXT_METHOD* meth = X509V3_EXT_get(ext);
-				if (!meth)
-					break;
-
-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x00908000
-				const unsigned char* pData = ext->value->data;
-				const unsigned char** ppData = &pData;
-#else
-				unsigned char* pData = ext->value->data;
-				unsigned char** ppData = &pData;
-#endif
-				STACK_OF(CONF_VALUE)* val = meth->i2v(meth, meth->d2i(0, ppData, ext->value->length), 0);
-
-				for (int j = 0; j < sk_CONF_VALUE_num(val) && !ok; ++j)
-				{
-					CONF_VALUE* nval = sk_CONF_VALUE_value(val, j);
-					if (!strcmp(nval->name, "DNS") && !strcmp(nval->value, host))
-					{
-						ok = true;
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	std::string commonName;
+	std::set<std::string> dnsNames;
+	getCertNames(cert, commonName, dnsNames);
+	bool ok = (dnsNames.find(hostName) != dnsNames.end());
 
 	char data[256];
 	if (!ok && (subj = X509_get_subject_name(cert)) && X509_NAME_get_text_by_NID(subj, NID_commonName, data, 256) > 0)
@@ -618,4 +589,48 @@ bool SecureSocketImpl::matchByAlias(const std::string& alias, const HostEntry& h
 }
 
 
+static void
+getCertNames (X509 *certificate,
+              std::string& common_name,
+              std::set<std::string>& DNS_names)
+{
+  DNS_names.clear ();
+  common_name.clear ();
+  if (certificate == 0)
+    {
+      return;
+    }
+ 
+  if (STACK_OF (GENERAL_NAME) * names = static_cast<STACK_OF (GENERAL_NAME)
+      *>
+      (X509_get_ext_d2i (certificate, NID_subject_alt_name, 0, 0)))
+    {
+      for (int i = 0; i < sk_GENERAL_NAME_num (names); ++i)
+        {
+          const GENERAL_NAME *name = sk_GENERAL_NAME_value (names, i);
+          if (name->type == GEN_DNS)
+            {
+              const char *data = reinterpret_cast<char *>
+                      (ASN1_STRING_data (name->d.ia5));
+              size_t len = ASN1_STRING_length (name->d.ia5);
+              DNS_names.insert (std::string (data, len));
+            }
+        }
+      GENERAL_NAMES_free (names);
+    }
+ 
+  if (X509_NAME * subj = X509_get_subject_name (certificate))
+    {
+      char buffer[256];
+      X509_NAME_get_text_by_NID (subj, NID_commonName,
+                                 buffer, sizeof buffer);
+      common_name = std::string (buffer);
+      if (DNS_names.empty ())
+        {
+          DNS_names.insert (common_name);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
 } } // namespace Poco::Net
diff --git a/NetSSL_OpenSSL/testsuite/src/HTTPSClientSessionTest.cpp b/NetSSL_OpenSSL/testsuite/src/HTTPSClientSessionTest.cpp
index d5d45cee2..956b1bb5f 100644
--- a/NetSSL_OpenSSL/testsuite/src/HTTPSClientSessionTest.cpp
+++ b/NetSSL_OpenSSL/testsuite/src/HTTPSClientSessionTest.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 
 #include "HTTPSClientSessionTest.h"
+#include "HTTPSClientTestSuite.h"
 #include "CppUnit/TestCaller.h"
 #include "CppUnit/TestSuite.h"
 #include "Poco/Net/HTTPSClientSession.h"
@@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ void HTTPSClientSessionTest::testKeepAlive()
 void HTTPSClientSessionTest::testProxy()
 {
 	HTTPSTestServer srv;
-	HTTPSClientSession s("wwws.appinf.com");
+	HTTPSClientSession s(TESTSERVERNAME);
 	s.setProxy("proxy.aon.at", 8080);
 	HTTPRequest request(HTTPRequest::HTTP_GET, "/");
 	s.sendRequest(request);
@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@ void HTTPSClientSessionTest::testProxy()
 void HTTPSClientSessionTest::testConnectNB()
 {
 	SecureStreamSocket sock;
-	sock.connectNB(SocketAddress("server.com", 443));
+	sock.connectNB(SocketAddress(TESTSERVERNAME, 443));
 	char buf[512];
 	std::string msg("GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n");
 	sock.sendBytes(msg.c_str(), (int)msg.length());
diff --git a/NetSSL_OpenSSL/testsuite/src/HTTPSClientTestSuite.h b/NetSSL_OpenSSL/testsuite/src/HTTPSClientTestSuite.h
index 9d81014ff..9f6f94db6 100644
--- a/NetSSL_OpenSSL/testsuite/src/HTTPSClientTestSuite.h
+++ b/NetSSL_OpenSSL/testsuite/src/HTTPSClientTestSuite.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #include "CppUnit/TestSuite.h"
 
 
+#define TESTSERVERNAME "secure.appinf.com"
+
 class HTTPSClientTestSuite
 {
 public:
diff --git a/NetSSL_OpenSSL/testsuite/src/HTTPSStreamFactoryTest.cpp b/NetSSL_OpenSSL/testsuite/src/HTTPSStreamFactoryTest.cpp
index 1d3126143..e33932532 100644
--- a/NetSSL_OpenSSL/testsuite/src/HTTPSStreamFactoryTest.cpp
+++ b/NetSSL_OpenSSL/testsuite/src/HTTPSStreamFactoryTest.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 
 #include "HTTPSStreamFactoryTest.h"
+#include "HTTPSClientTestSuite.h"
 #include "CppUnit/TestCaller.h"
 #include "CppUnit/TestSuite.h"
 #include "Poco/Net/HTTPSStreamFactory.h"
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ void HTTPSStreamFactoryTest::testProxy()
 {
 	HTTPSTestServer server;
 	HTTPSStreamFactory factory("proxy.aon.at", 8080);
-	URI uri("https://wwws.appinf.com/");
+	URI uri(std::string("https://") + TESTSERVERNAME + "/");
 	std::auto_ptr<std::istream> pStr(factory.open(uri));
 	std::ostringstream ostr;
 	StreamCopier::copyStream(*pStr.get(), ostr);