Ivan Wills wrote: > Matthew Joyce wrote: >> Roberto Sanchez wrote: >>>Matthew Joyce wrote:
>>>> I have 2 woody boxes, one has apache+php and the other has >>>> apache-ssl+php. >>>> Physical space is tight, and neither of these boxes are ever very >>>> busy, I'd like to combine them. >>>> Are there any problem with these apps co-existing ? >>>> Do they need to have the same hostname ? >>>> Certificates aside, are there any pitfalls I should watch for ? >>> You can either use apache-ssl or apache + libapache-mod-ssl. >>> These are two different things, but I have used both and they >>> work. As a matter of preference, I would choose the mod-ssl >>> route. That is primarily because then there is only one >>> apache config to mess with. With apache and apache-ssl, >>> there are two configs, two services, and so on. >>If I want HTTP and HTTPS have different host names, does this lend >>preference to either apache-ssl or the mod-ssl ? > I have been trying to do something similar on my woody box. I believe it > should be possible to do by using virtual hosts so long as you do not > set up the virtual hosts as named hosts ie use different IP addresses > when using SSL. This I believe is due to SSL certificates being possibly > IP based? No - it is because the SSL negotiation occurs before the web server sees the Host: header (which in name-based virtual hosts determines which virtual host handles the request). That leaves just the IP address as a method of determining what SSL certificate to use. Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
