[TriLUG] Multiple IP address per interface?

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 08:04, Kevin - The Alchemist - Sonney wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 22:30, Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Multiple websites in the same domain, or in different domains. if it's
> the latter, I *REALLY* want to know that wildcard *grin*.
> 
No, they are in the same domain.  As I said, I'm running
mod_vhost_alias which allows me to specify that apache switch
on the directory name.  For instance, if I want a website
to be at http://www.wayfarer.org/ I place the files in a directory
called www.  If I want one at http://home.wayfarer.org/ I put
it in a directory called home (all under a specified directory
root, of course).  This works well with wildcard dns and a wildcard
ssl certificate.  In my dns I have the following CNAME record:

*    IN CNAME wayfarer.org.

and the ssl certificate is for "*.wayfarer.org".  Unfortunately,
as you suggest, this doesn't work for different domains. :-(

> For example, in my case, I have three domains I would want ssl for :
> darkcanvas.com
> sonney.com
> clsgraphics.net
> 
> Now, if I have one IP, I can't wildcard that....can I?
> 
> Maybe an IP-based key?
> 

I don't think so because the domain name is an integral part
of the certificate.  In this case, I believe you would have
to have an IP address for each base domain, but within each domain
you could use a wildcard ssl certificate.

Tanner
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