[TAG] HTTPS question

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 02:44:03PM -0700, mso at oz.net wrote:
> Is there any way to have multiple HTTPS domains on the same IP/port?  The
> mod_ssl FAQ says name-based virtual hosts are impossible with HTTPS [1]. 

Correct.  You can't have more than one SSL server per IP address,
because the certs are IP based, not domain name based.

They have to be, if you think about it, because you can't spoof IP [1]
the way you can spoof DNS.

Cheers,
-- jra

[1] unless you manage a backbone.  :-)
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