[wp-hackers] WordPress multisite, Domain mapping and SSL

[James Tryon]

Thanks Jermy, John and Doug,

Going to review this tonight and update you guys tomorrow.

- James Tryon

On Aug 30, 2011, at 9:11 PM, Doug Stewart wrote:

> Not entirely true. Apache after 2.2.12 supports SNI (Server Name
> Indication) which allows for multiple SSL certs per IP.
> 
> Dig it:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Name_Indication
> 
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 5:05 PM, John Blackbourn
> <johnbillion+wp at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 30 August 2011 21:57, Jeremy Felt <jeremy.felt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> James,
>>> 
>>> Each SSL certificate *requires* a unique IP address on the server. This is
>>> outside the realm of WordPress configuration. The solution will depend on
>>> your network and server setup.
>> 
>> And if you're wondering why this is it's because an SSL connection is
>> negotiated before the request is read, so the server cannot know the
>> hostname being requested until the SSL connection is made. Therefore
>> you can only have one SSL virtualhost per IP address.
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> -Doug
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