[TriLUG] Multiple IP address per interface?

[Tanner Lovelace]

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On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 21:45, Kevin - The Alchemist - Sonney wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 21:39, Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> > You can't because of SSL?  Why not?  I do.
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> Read the mod_ssl docs. The upshot is, in ordr to do multiple-host https,
> each server needs it's own key. The key is determined by the hostname.
> The hostname isn't given until *AFTER* the connection is established.
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> So, you need the key to establish the connection, but you don't know
> what key to use for that hostname until after the connection is
> established. Chicken-egg. So in order to use >1 hostname with mod_ssl
> (and a key per each) each https host needs it's own IP.
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> Make sense?

Yes, but you forgot to mention you can do wildcards in SSL
certificates.  That's how I use mod_ssl and vhost_alias
to do SSL on multiple websites.

Tanner
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