two domain names - one IP - both SSL

[Bill Moran]

Remko Lodder wrote:
> HEllo all,
> 
> Dick Davies wrote:
> 
>> * David Banning <david+dated+1083734386.829e4a at skytracker.ca> [0421 
>> 06:21]:
>>
>>> I am wondering how I could run SSL on two different domain names
>>> using just one IP address.
>>>
>>> I am using virtual hosting with apache.
>>>
>>> Is that possible?
>>
>> No. As one poster said (and contrary to half a dozen 'install apache'
>> posts), you can't do name-based multiple vhosts over ssl.
>>
>> The ssl session wraps the http session, so the server can't get
>> the host header until the session has started.
>>
>> <quote>
>> That's some catch, that catch 443.
>> It's the best there is.
>> </quote>
>>
>> You should in theory be able to do it on different ports, but
>> I haven't tried.
> 
> Can someone explain to me then, that i had different https sites?
> covering IDS networks/ mail networks etc?
> 
> I did that with <VirtualHost <ip>:443>
> Now then, that tended to work..
> 
> Imho, it is possible with VirtualHosts.

Do you have a different IP with each VirtualHost?  Because the original
poster specifically asked if he could host multiple SSL sites with the
same IP.

Now, I haven't dealt with this in a while, and technology changes all
the time, but the last time I did this, you needed a unique IP for each
SSL VirtualHost.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
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