[Gllug] SSL with NameVirtualHost in Apache -- how?

Richard Cohen richard at vmlinuz.org
Thu Aug 9 14:50:27 UTC 2001


On Thu, 9 Aug 2001 tet at accucard.com wrote:

>
> Subject says it all, really. I want to use two name based virtual
> hosts from Apache, and I want to use SSL with them both. I've got
> them both up and running, but no matter which one I go to, I get
> the certificate from the first one. I essentially have:

[snip]

http://www.modssl.org/docs/2.8/ssl_faq.html#ToC47

In short, you can't.  SSL runs *below* HTTP, so the secure channel has to be
negotiated before the server knows which host you're requesting.  You can
only have one secure server for any one IP/port address pair.

> Any ideas? I'm a bit stuck on this one, and I really need to get it
> working...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tet

Cheers
Richard



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