> as long as the DNS server was configured > to resolve both hostnames to the same IP address,
This is the part I don't get...as I stated in another email I just sent, (sorry about the crossed mail) I don't understand how the server would know which of the multiple sites I'm hosting to route a request if there are no host headers and all sites share a single IP? What's the server mechanism that would route the traffic for different domain names? Even if I could get the A records for different domains with CNAME's pointing to them in the DNS, how would the server know what to do with the traffic once is received the request? Rick -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 1:16 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SSL Certificates > Can a virtual server be setup to handle a single SSL domain while > another virtual server handles web hosting via host headers? Yes, as long as they have different IP addresses and different corresponding hostnames. For example, you couldh't have http://www.whatever.com/ and https://www.whatever.com/ handled by different virtual servers, since they'd have to share an IP address for DNS resolution to work properly. You could, on the other hand, have http://www.whatever.com/ handled by one virtual server that also handles http://www.somethingelse.com/ with a single IP address and host headers, and have https://secure.whatever.com/ handled by another virtual server. This second virtual server could also handle https://secure.somethingelse.com/, if you don't care about certificate trust issues, as long as the DNS server was configured to resolve both hostnames to the same IP address, or you configured the virtual server to listen on multiple IP addresses. 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:249216 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
