[cobalt-developers] Re: IP's and Virtual Sites

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Is there ever going to be a way to create ssl enabled sites without
> using a unique IP address.

The main problem is that the SSL handshake part of the connection happens 
before the IP resolution.  The "Host" header is used to identify the 
virtual host being requested, but the SSL connection must be established 
first, before the "Host" header can be dealt with.

So using the protocols as they exist today, each HTTPS-enabled domain 
requires its own IP address.

FYI, I found an interesting concept to "fix" the problem at 
http://www.litech.org/~brian/boom2003/paper.html