[WBEL-users] Multiple https
bishop
bishop@platypus.bc.ca
Wed, 29 Sep 2004 04:23:22 -0700
Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 01:36 +0200, Thorsten Voß wrote:
>
>>Plug n Play schrieb:
>>
>>
>>>What is the best configuration when Iÿm going to host multiple sites with
>>>
>>>https but I have only 1 static IP.
>>>
>>
>>Hi Marc,
>>
>>as far as I know, you'll need a static IP for EVERY single certificate
>>that you want to install.
>>
>>BTW: if you have only one IP you can only create name based virtual hosts!
>>
>
> But, I think the certificate for the main site will be used to first
> decrypt the https if there is not a separate IP for each site (since the
> http headers can't be read before encryption).
I've seen that they're revamping HTTPS to be TLS-HTTP, and then we'll
finally have many certs per IP.
Anyone's REALLY interested, I can (take an hour and) dig up the
reference I sent to a buddy about a month ago. After I cleaned up.
- bish