[TAG] HTTPS question

[Mike Orr]

Ramon van Alteren wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> On 31 Aug , 2005, at 11:44 PM, 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].
>
>
> Because encryption is set up before any HTTP headers are sent, name  
> based vhosting with multiple certificates is not possible.
>
> The only thing that does work is multiple vhosts with one certificate  
> that validates all of them.
> I've done that successfully with a project vhost server on ssl for  
> multiple software development projects. You can get a wildcard  
> certificate from rapidssl http://www.rapidssl.com for $199.



If it were a small organization that would be a possibility.  But we're 
part of a large organization and can't monopolize the entire domain 
(*.example.com).  At the same time the sites are for multiple 
departments, and we haven't been able to come up with a 
*.subdomain.example.com that would satisfy all of them.