I think IE is the only one browser that doesn't support SNI at all.


On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:36 PM, Gustavo Machado <machad...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Sorry, here's the code to reproduce the problem:
>
> https://gist.github.com/3789357
>
> Gus
>
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Gustavo Machado <machad...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I have a rather strange problem when trying to use node.js with HTTPS and
>> SNI. In order to reproduce the error, you would have to open internet
>> options in IE 9, and check:
>>
>> SSL v2
>> SSL v3
>> TLS 1.0
>> TLS 1.1
>> (do not check TLS 1.2)
>>
>> And verify that the SNICallback is not being called:
>>
>> SNICallback: function(hostname){
>>         console.log('hostname: ' + hostname);
>>         ....
>> }
>>
>> This obviously seems to be a problem with IE9 since the rest of the
>> browsers are working fine, but there's one thing that node seems to be
>> ignoring. IE9 starts the handshake with SSLv2, and node.js is not trying to
>> upgrade the connection to SSLv3 (which presumably would make the SNI work
>> on IE).
>>
>> Is there anyway to make node.js try to force the secure connection with
>> SSLv3? Am I missing something? Any help is much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Gus
>>
>> PS: I know IE 9 is less than optimal however company policies are forcing
>> this specific configuration.
>>
>
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