On Thursday 02 March 2006 06:36, Norman Rasmussen wrote:
> > This can be problematic for virtual hosting. Consider the following
> > scenario:
> >
> > - - shakespeare.lit runs an XMPP server.
> >
> > - - shakespeare.lit hosts XMPP services for denmark.lit, montague.lit,
> > capulet.lit, etc.
> >
> > There are two possibilities I can see.
>
> Don't forget option #3:
>
> Just like HTTPS, each hostname/certificate has to have it's own IP
> address - this is so that we can tell which certificate to present
> based on the IP the client has just connected to.
>
> Unfortunately it's a wastage of IP addresses, but it's something that
> most server admins / cert issuers understand already.

Or, run each server on a different port.

How much does a block of 50,000 IP addresses cost, anyway?  I always get 
exhorbitant quotes back when I merely want to rent a block of 8.

TX

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