I don't know if that's possible or not it's probably a function of the
SSL protocol and our routing mesh, but it's beyond my technical
knowledge.  Best bet is to drop support@ a line, and see what they
say.  They'll be able to dig into the details for you.

Oren

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Wojciech Kruszewski <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Oren, this makes sense.
>
> So can that one mostly idle server handle SSL requests for multiple
> applications?
>
> I mean I tried Heroku and was very happy with the experience - looks
> like it needs little to no maintenance on my part. I'd wish to host a
> handful smaller web apps, each with 1-3 dynos.
>
> I could live with piggyback ssl, if it was my own wildcard
> certificate.
>
> - Wojciech
>
> On Dec 8, 8:58 pm, Oren Teich <[email protected]> wrote:
>> They are totally independent.  The way our architecture works, dynos
>> run on machines called railguns, which are specially set up for the
>> job.  We have to setup a special (and yes, mostly idle) server just to
>> handle the SSL requests.  It's not possible with the product we have
>> today to run dynos on that server.
>>
>> Oren
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Wojciech Kruszewski <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>>
>> > I've read your explanation about why you charge $100/mo for custom SSL
>> > (http://docs.heroku.com/ssl#faq). You need exclusive IP, Amazon
>> > assigns only one IP for an instance, so you need to reserve full
>> > instance just to use one SSL cert - seems fair.
>>
>> > Ok, but if you reserve full EC2 instance just for me... then why do I
>> > have to pay for extra dynos? Aren't you double-billing for this
>> > instance?
>>
>> > I believe it's "just against your architecture" but still I'd like to
>> > know the explanation.
>>
>> > Regards,
>> > Wojciech
>>
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