Comment by 1vuio0pswjnm7

"Or am I completely wrong about the SAN requirement?"

Not w/r/t Chromium.

https://web.archive.org/web/20170611165205if_/https://bugs.c...

https://web.archive.org/web/20171204094735if_/https://bugs.c...

In tests I conducted with Chrome, the CN field could be omitted in self-signed server certs without any problems.