In theory binding to the same port on another interface is possible. But I would prefer to have a dedicated "default" port for SSL, so you have an indicator if the connection is HTTPS or HTTP.
6984 sounds okay, but I don't know how to register this. On 19.07.2010, at 21:04, Robert Newson wrote: > While I wait for others to verify the Futon test results, etc, there > are two things left to discuss w.r.t SSL support. > > 1) CouchDB should handle HTTP and HTTPS at the same time; my current > patch does not do this, but will before it's trunk-worthy, which leads > to; > 2) 5984 is registered with IANA for HTTP. Since I'm pretty sure we > can't use the same port for HTTP and HTTPS at the same time, I think > we need to register another port for this? > > B. > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Robert Newson <[email protected]> > wrote: >> All, >> >> I forked couchdb and added SSL support by upgrading to the latest >> mochiweb code and fixing a bunch of issues. >> >> http://github.com/rnewson/couchdb/tree/ssl >> >> B. >>
