[K12OSN] OT: IP change & SSL breaks?

[Mike Lichtenwalner]

Nevermind....

When I added the new address to the box, I also added it to the 
/etc/hosts file. Apparently, SSL looks at the hosts file and found the 
old address (which no longer matched DNS) before the new address.




Mike Lichtenwalner wrote:
> I know this is off topic, but I'm hoping someone out there has a quick 
> fix...
> 
> We are re-IP'ing our entire network. We changed the address of a 
> webserver (Apache 1.x) and the associated DNS records (the IP address is 
> not specifically stated in httpd.conf). After that change, the webserver 
> hands out pages via http, but not via https. The errors vary between 
> browsers - Mozilla says the connection terminated unexpectedly; IE says 
> the page cannot be found.
> 
> Why did an IP change break the secure pages?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any insight!
> Mike
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> Manheim Township School District
> Lancaster, PA
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