On Saturday 18 November 2006 22:14, Micah Cowan wrote: ... > Actually, at the start of that page, you may notice: "Name-based virtual > hosting cannot be used with SSL secure servers because of the nature of > the SSL protocol." However: > > 1. It goes on to say a couple paragraphs later that if you plan to use > named virtual hosts with SSL, you should add the port to the > NamedVirtualHost directive (as I mentioned). > 2. That phrase appears in the "when to use IP vs. Named virtual > hosts". > > Because of this, I think what is meant by the phrase is not that > you /can't/ use it with SSL, but that doing so gives up the server > authentication part of the security that SSL offers, leaving just the > encryption benefits.
You really do need a separate IP for each SSL server. There is some further explanation here: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/ssl/ssl_faq.html#vhosts Cheers, Rod _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
