----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Wilts" <ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 1:19 PM Subject: Re: Apache Virtual Server Settings and SSL Certificate Issue > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 12:49:32PM -0600, Brett Franck wrote: > > [ssl not allowed on NamedVirtualHost snipped] > > > After much searching I have found that you may be correct. I'm not sure how > > to do that considering I am behind a NAT router forwarding port 80 and 443 > > requests to a single host IP address.....maybe it cannot be done? > > It can't be done. The ssl key is specific to the virtual host. The > name of the virtual you're trying to access is encrypted, so you're > caught in a catch-22 with named virtual host. You can't decrypt the > data to see which host you want to connect to unless you know which key > to use, and you don't know which key until you know the virtual host > name. That's what I'd figured....... > > What I do at home is to have only one ssl'd virtual host name (my own, > so I can read my mail remotely). The rest are out of luck. Heck, I'm a > small-time server for a couple of non-profits - I'm not a major web > hosting company. > > You could, of course, set up different ports. Nobody says you have to > use 443 for ssl connections. I haven't tried it though. > -- Was playing with this and it does work.....using a different port to "listen" to for SSL but you have to use https://www.domainname.com:<otherport> to connect to it. > Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA > mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx > Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
