> -----Original Message----- > From: Olaf van der Spek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Montag, 7. November 2005 13:14 > To: users@httpd.apache.org > Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Limiting SSL to a specific virtual host > > > On 11/7/05, Boyle Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > NB - Remember that you can't do name-based VHs with SSL. > > I think Apache 2.1 can. >
You think wrong. See : http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.1/vhosts/name-based.html (bullet point 2, 1st para). This is not a webserver issue. It is fundamental feature of HTTPS. To implement HTTPS, the browser and server must establish an encrypted channel *before* the request is sent. So the server cannot learn the hostname until the channel is established. But since the hostname defines the VH (and hence the certificate), the server can never know which VH to use. There are plans to extend HTTPS to send the hostname in a preamble but this needs to be supported by browsers - it might happen one day... Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. Diese E-mail ist eine private und persnliche Kommunikation. Sie hat keinen Bezug zur B rsen- bzw. Geschftst tigkeit der SWX Gruppe. This e-mail is of a private and personal nature. It is not related to the exchange or business activities of the SWX Group. Le prsent e-mail est un message priv et personnel, sans rapport avec l'activit boursi re du Groupe SWX. This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently and then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your system. Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. The sender’s company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of the sender’s company. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
