SNI works on almost al browsers the only traffic you will loose is from people on windows xp running IE and some very old cell phones which is not all that much if the website is important get a dedicated ip if its not use SNI.
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Originally Posted by rowan
I'd forgotten about that.
Looks like there is a solution, but it's not universally supported:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS#Limitations
"Because TLS operates below HTTP and has no knowledge of higher-level protocols, TLS servers can only strictly present one certificate for a particular IP/port combination. This means that, in most cases, it is not feasible to use name-based virtual hosting with HTTPS. A solution called Server Name Indication (SNI) exists, which sends the hostname to the server before encrypting the connection, although many older browsers do not support this extension. Support for SNI is available since Firefox 2, Opera 8, Safari 2.1, Google Chrome 6, and Internet Explorer 7 on Windows Vista."
Does this mean that Google strongarming webmasters into using HTTPS is going to further accelerate the exhaustion of IPv4 space? |