Re: SSL proxy

How is it possible? By definition SSL does not allow different host names on
the same IP:PORT.
Or is there something I'm missing?




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> From: Gilles Cuesta (Gmail) <[email protected]>
> Date: Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:38 PM
> Subject: Re: SSL proxy
> To: [email protected]
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> [email protected] a écrit :
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>> I have several web servers currently that all have the same IP, but
>> different host names, and I have an apache that uses mod_proxy to direct
>> requests to the correct internal server to process the request.
>>
>> I would like to use my apache proxy server to provide SSL encryption and
>> decryption, and not have to have each individual server do that.
>>
>> Is that possible?
>>
>>
> Apparently, understanding what you want to do, it's possible.
>
> It might depend on Apache / modssl versions
>
> One of the best way is doing encrypted HTTPS between client and proxy and
> clear HTTP between proxy and real server.
> You can also do encrypted HTTPS between proxy and real server, just adding
> some Apache configuration
>
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