Comments on: How To Configure SSL Host Headers in IIS 6 http://www.netquarry.com/index.php/2009/03/how-to-configure-ssl-host-headers-in-iis-6-10297/ The Enterprise Application Platform Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:00:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Robert http://www.netquarry.com/index.php/2009/03/how-to-configure-ssl-host-headers-in-iis-6-10297/comment-page-1/#comment-853 Robert Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:16:37 +0000 http://www.netquarry.com/index.php/2009/03/how-to-configure-ssl-host-headers-in-iis-6-10297/#comment-853 I'm glad that article helped you out. Technically, "host headers" do work with IIS but not when using SSL because the host headers themselves are encrypted so the server doesn't know which certificate to use to decrypt them. It is a limitation of the SSL protocol but it will eventually be solved once Server Name Indication becomes more prevalent. It would be nice if SSL Host Headers could be set up through the IIS interface, but at least there is a way to do it at all. I’m glad that article helped you out. Technically, “host headers” do work with IIS but not when using SSL because the host headers themselves are encrypted so the server doesn’t know which certificate to use to decrypt them. It is a limitation of the SSL protocol but it will eventually be solved once Server Name Indication becomes more prevalent.

It would be nice if SSL Host Headers could be set up through the IIS interface, but at least there is a way to do it at all.

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