> -----Original Message----- > From: Fred Fiat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 5:00 PM > To: users@httpd.apache.org > Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SSL proxy - just one public ip address > > Hello, > > I need to workaround a problem of having very few public > ip addresses, but lots of websites that require SSL. > > Is there a way I can use an Apache reverse proxy so that > it hands out the correct SSL certificate based on the > virtual host that the client requests?
Not this way. The proxy can't identify the virtual host that the client requests because that information (the Host header) is encrypted. The whole point of SSL is to encrypt the data packets between the client and the destination server. Intermediate components are in the dark... There is nothing in the current specification of HTTP that allows what you want to do. > > If not, are there any other workarounds? In future, there might be: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-httpd-users&m=114251766914920&w=2 Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > Thanks a lot. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > Diese E-mail ist eine private und persönliche Kommunikation. Sie hat keinen Bezug zur Börsen- bzw. Geschäftstätigkeit 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 présent e-mail est un message privé et personnel, sans rapport avec l'activité boursière 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]
