hosting multiple sites on one machine

[Jeff Vian]

On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 12:32, Yang Xiao wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 09:43:03 -0700 (PDT), netmask <netmask at enzotech.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > For SSL to work properly on a virtual host setting the VH needs to have
> > > a dedicated IP.  Thats been my experience.
> > 
> > Yah.. You can't use HTTP 1.1 virtual names.. You must have an IP address for
> > each one....
> > 
> > This is because, the SSL certificate exchange is done BEFORE you send any HTTP
> > requests..  And the way HTTP 1.1 virtual names work is like this
> > 
> > Say you host www.linux.com and www.microsoft.com on the same box, 192.168.1.1
> > 
> > You want the /index.html of linux.com
> > 
> > Your browser connects to 192.168.1.1
> > 
> > does (among other commands, but these are the pertinent ones)
> > 
> > GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n
> > Host: www.linux.com\r\n\r\n
> > 
> > The 'Host' tag lets the web server know you are going to www.linux.com and
> > requesting that site. Under HTTP 1.0, there is no Host tag, and you'd just get
> > the default.
> > 
> > With SSL.. since you have to verify certificate against hostname before even
> > making a request.. there is no way to use canonical names.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> 
> heh, lame attempt to make Jonathan wonder a bit, you folks are too
> quick to point out the impossibility :)
> OK, so that you are aware the fact that SSL won't work with virtual
> hosting, in my case, the customer wasn't happy about it.
> 
> Yang
> 

It DOES work with virtual hosting.  Just not with multiple host names on
the same IP.
If each host name has its own IP it works flawlessly.