Re: SSL suppport

We currently have 5 virtual hosts each with their own certs/ssl secure
servers.  It is just one of the many good features of Apache/Stronghold.

Jeff
www.cbbr.com/jssd


----- Original Message -----
From: Mailing List Account <ml(at)digitaldaze.com>
To: Heather Peel <heather(at)thenetnow.com>
Cc: Keith Kaste <kkaste(at)hotbot.com>; <hwg-business(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: SSL suppport


> Heather,
>
> Everything you say below is mostly correct.  To be a little more
> technical, it doesn't have anything to do with the IP address, but
instead
> the httpsd server.
>
> On Apache/NCSA web servers at least, you can only have one cert per
server
> daemon....  Hmm, now that I say that, it may no longer be true...
hmmm...
> very interesting, the docs at apache-ssl.org say the
SSLCertificateFile
> and SSLCertficateKeyFile can be used in the virtual host context. I
guess
> I will have to play around with this... if you can set up
<VirtualHost>'s
> within your Apache configuration, it may very well be possible to
allow
> each of your virtual hosted clients to have their own cert... cool.
>
> Hope I didn't lose anyone.  So, one last point of summary, virtual
hosts
> do not require unique IPs (i.e. non-IP Virtual Hosts), and each
virtual
> host can be configured with a different cert/keyfile (if you are using
> apache-ssl at least).
>
> > If you are a virtual host, you may not be able to use your own
certificate
> > for your clients unless they each have their own IP address.  I know
with
> > our setup (also virtual hosts), most of our clients could use our
cert. but
> > could not set up their own certificate.  You really should be
contacting
> > whoever you are purchasing your hosting from to get a better answer.
>
>

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