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Thus spake Juan Jose Sanchez Mesa (juanjo.listas@dobleJ.net) [12/02/04 12:12]:
> > a) is this possible at all?  last I checked, I swear that you couldn't
> > have multi-SSL certs loaded up per IP, but not sure if that is a limit in
> > the certs themselves, or Apache?
> 
> Is not possible, because the SSL negotiation is done before any header is
> sent from browser to Apache. Apache can't know what virtual server is the
> browser accesing to use the correct cert. Then, the selection is done using
> the IP in which the browser is connecting.

IIRC, someone pointed out a working group that was establishing a standard
to allow for multiple SSL sites on one IP address.  However, I cannot find
the link or any reference to the post, nor remember where I saw it.