Hosting with a single IP multiple websites ...

Hello,
I would like to use host header names with a single static IP address to host multiple sites until I find a problem with SSL.

Microsoft says: "You cannot use host headers when using SSL because HTTP requests using SSL are encrypted. Host headers are part of the encrypted request and cannot be interpreted and routed to the correct site".

I can understand this, but does someone know a possibility to host multiple site with 1 static IP and the SSL for each site and avoid this problem of SSL ?

Thank you.
Philippe Duvivier

Hi,

You can only have one SSL site / IP.

The trick for creating a SSL site, is to use NO hostheader

If you make sure that the rest of your sites have a hostheader the webserver will default to the site that hasn't one since it doesn't know where else to look <g>

after you created the site e.g. https://secure.box.net
use virtual directories for you needs
e.g. https://secure.box.net/client1
https://secure.box.net/client2

the other way is to use different ports https://secure.client.net:4431 (afaik)