[ILUG] Class C Addresses

Colm Buckley colm at tuatha.org
Wed Nov 7 19:07:36 GMT 2001


> == Paul Jakma
>> == Colm Buckley

>> The certficate is associated with an IP/port combination *only*, so it
>> is not possible to do pure name-based VH with HTTPS.

> really? hmmmm.... must check this out, but i've got some vague memory
> of it working.

No, at the least you have to run it off a different port.

The need for multiple HTTPS sites is one of the few reasons the RIPE
will accept as an excuse for an increased IP allocation.

I don't know whether anyone's working on a redirection/multicert
extension to SSL, but it'd be a nice idea.

            Colm

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