> Rats! After I installed my certificate and couldn't access > the secured site, I started digging around and found out that > IIS 5 and Win 2000 Server can't use Hosting Headers and SSL! > > I host multiple websites and I use Host Headers to do so. > > Am I understanding correctly that I'll have to upgrade to Win > 2003 Server and II6 to host multiple websites using host > headers along with SSL certificates?
I don't think so. My understanding is that IIS 6 won't make any difference - you cannot bind multiple sites to a single IP address if you want to use SSL certificates. Host headers are sent within an HTTP request as, well, headers. When you use SSL, the entire request is encrypted, and needs to be decrypted by the server before it can be processed. IIS can't know which virtual server a request belongs to until the request has been decrypted, at which point it's too late to direct it to a specific virtual server. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:249096 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
