We had to do this due to our load balancer. The downside is it required *.domain.com CERTS. And manually editing the metabase.
Matthew Williams Geodesic GraFX Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) wrote: > AFAIK, host headers do not work with SSL as they are encrypted and in turn > the webserver will never know what you are calling. > > If you run SSL you need to have a dedicated IP for them (and then a host > header will work, kind of). Running multiple sites off the same IP wont > work with SSL > > I think to some degree you can with IIS6 though... I haven't tried it yet. > > > > > > > > > "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, > Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, > Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is > confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the > intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note > that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the > information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call > our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this > communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." > Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Williams > To: CF-Talk > Sent: Sun Feb 25 22:21:29 2007 > Subject: Re: Secure CFIDE > > Why not? What doesn't work with host headers and SSL? We run multiple > SSL host headers per box with our intranet applications (on IIS). It's > truly a pain the sane world shouldn't be subjected to, but it can happen. > > Matthew Williams > Geodesic GraFX > www.geodesicgrafx.com/blog > > Rick Root wrote: > >> On 2/25/07, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> I wouldn't recommend relying on Host headers, since they can easily be >>> sent >>> from the browser. >>> >>> >> True, in fact that's how they always get sent :) However, I was referring >> to the previous post about actually using a domain that doesn't actually >> exist and just putting it in your local machine's hostfile. Then the only >> way to access it would be if you knew the IP address *AND* the domain name >> that is being used for the specific web site you're trying to hack into. >> >> If someone is sniffing your packets, of course, it doesn't help at all. >> >> The real disadvantage of course with using hostheaders is that you can't >> > use > >> SSL to secure your coldfusion administrator. >> >> Rick >> >> >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:270646 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
