[THIN] Re: Multiple Web Interface sites
- From: "Kevin Stewart" <kevin.g.stewart@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:31:48 -0500
A wildcard server cert would be great. Because of the way you do the SSL
binding in the web server, each site just needs its own IP, and DNS should
be set up accordingly.
Kevin
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:22 PM, msemon@xxxxxxx <msemon@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> So it looks like host headers are out, however, it appears possible if I
> use 2 IP addresses that match the fQDN's of certificates on the server.
> Would a wildcard cert be possible in this situation?
>
> Original Message:
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> From: Kevin Stewart kevin.g.stewart@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:11:38 -0500
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Multiple Web Interface sites
>
>
> You'll need a different IP address for each site. You can add IP addresses
> to the system in the Network configuration utility, then bind each site to
> a
> specific address. IIS (and Apache) has HTTP host header redirection which
> allows you to have multiple unique sites behind a single interface. Because
> the traffic is already in the clear, the web server can forward the traffic
> to the correct virtual server based on the calling address. Because SSL
> communication happens before HTTP, HTTPS/SSL requires that the fully
> qualified domain name match the certificate of the server, so DNS has to
> point to a unique address.
>
> HTH
> Kevin
>
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 3:26 PM, msemon@xxxxxxx <msemon@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to run multiple SSL Web Interface 4.6 Sites from same box.
> I
> > know if is possible to create a Web Interface server with an internal and
> > external site on the same box, however, I have never tried setting up 2
> > external sites on the same box. I think it should be possible as log as I
> > create 2 sites and put the certs on each respective site.
> > I need to do this so customers go to one site and employees go to
> another.
> > Anyone done this?
> >
> > Mike
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