[WBEL-users] SSL VirtualHost Workaround

Joshua Kramer jk42@bitbuckets.com
Thu, 9 Dec 2004 09:01:10 -0500 (EST)


In order to work around the SSL Virtualhost thing, I purchase my 
certificates based upon the IP address instead of the hostname.  (As an 
aside it's also a lot harder to hijack an IP addy than a hostname, so it's 
somewhat more secure.)

So, instead of:

https://orders.company1.com
https://orders.company2.com

You'd do:

https://192.168.1.1/company1/orders
https://192.168.1.1/company2/orders

That does mangle things just a little as you can't use a catchy URL, but 
it works.

--Josh