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



At 04:12 PM 6/16/2003, you wrote:
> 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.

Not quite true. They can be done via different ports on the same IP. Not so easy on a Cobalt though.

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




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