hosting multiple sites on one machine

[Yang Xiao]

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