On 2014-02-20, Joel Sing <[email protected]> wrote: > Name-based virtual hosting and SSL is a can of worms. In short, without SNI > (which AFAICT the base httpd does not support) the server does not know which > virtual server is required until after the SSL session has already been > established.
SNI is only needed in order to choose a suitable server certificate. If you have a certificate valid for all hostnames you're expecting (e.g. a wildcard certificate, or one using SAN) then Host: headers are a reasonable way to switch virtual host.
