There are some discussions underway (amongst those who discuss such things) to modify the SSL handshake protocol to include domain info, and then name-based SSL would be possible. ARIN and others are proponents of making the change, since that would dramatically reduce the demand for unique IP addresses, slowing the usage of IPv4 address space. Nothing is likely to happen soon, though (http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/00-09-01 -- "No more IP addresses for virtual hosts").
This would be a good thing for those of us running name based servers. Thanks Wayne _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp