RE: Page error for pages requiring SSL

From: Jim Thomas (jimt@earthling.net)
Date: 10/18/02 

From: "Jim Thomas" <jimt@earthling.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 18:49:33 -0700

One more thing...

When SSL is not required to view the page, but I use
https:, then I get the same DNS error.

Thanks again for all your help!

Jim

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Jim,
>SSL and Host Headers are mutually exclusive. We can't
use both at the same
>time. I am sure the KB article Q187504 explains why it
is this way, much
>better than I do. Doesn't it remind of 'Chicken or Egg
quandary'? :)
>(because - we want to find out which web server to use
but we can't tell
>that unless we decrypt the encrypted request header but
we can't decrypt
>the header unless we know which site/web server to use
that has the
>certificate, private key assosciated).
>You can test this on a different server with only one
site (or not using
>Host Headers) under SSL.
>
>I do not want to point you in wrong direction but the
article below might
>be interesting too (just to read). This talks about CMS
(Content Management
>Server) with its own Host Header Implementation
>Using SSL with Host Header Names in CMS 2001
>http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q321/6/5
0.asp
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Thank you,
>Srinivas Grandhi
>This posting is provided "AS IS", with no warranties,
and confers no
>rights.
>
>.
>

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