[OFB Cafe] SSL

[Timothy Butler]

> Not really, no;  the nature of HTTPS makes it (almost) impossible to
> support multiple different specifically-named virtual hosts on a  
> single
> IP without excessive hackery.

	Hmm... I guess the best solution may be just to standardize on the  
machine's real hostname (e.g. cedar.serverforest.com) and forget the  
two other names. The reason they are all on the same IP, of course,  
is that they are all really just aliases for the exact same site.

> I did read something recently about being able to put multiple,
> specific, fully-qualified names into a certificate;  however there was
> also a note that some browsers don't like those certs.  :/  I'd  
> just go
> with a wildcard cert.

	I'm tempted, although this is only for lightweight use (mostly to  
avoid the errors that come out of my self-signed cert) so I'm not  
sure the cost is worth it... unless you know of a good deal on one.

	Thanks!

	-Tim


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