Nope, SSL only works on a per IP basis. The problem is that the HTTP traffic is encrypted, so the webserver can't possibly know which host it's requesting from until it's decrypted. And since decyption settings are on a host/vhost basis, it's a chicken and egg problem.
There's supposed to be some advances for this in a RFC, but it's unsuppored in all browsers and web servers, IIRC.
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He's right. Around 2005 all MSO's have to implement OpenCable, which will allow any box to interoperate with any MSO, using a pluggable encryption module called a POD.
The better thing is that OpenCable is based on DVB-MHP and DVB-C, which is based on DVB-S. PCI cards for all! (well, sometime around 2006)
Actually, I just did do a plaster-busting job and rewired a good chunk of the house I'm living at. It's not all that hard, really. We put in 6 cat5 jacks, 4 coax, and 2 phones. Total price, including the patch panel was around $400 US.
It's really not that hard, if three nerds can do it to a 1950's era row house.
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Nope, SSL only works on a per IP basis. The problem is that the HTTP traffic is encrypted, so the webserver can't possibly know which host it's requesting from until it's decrypted. And since decyption settings are on a host/vhost basis, it's a chicken and egg problem.
There's supposed to be some advances for this in a RFC, but it's unsuppored in all browsers and web servers, IIRC.
He's right. Around 2005 all MSO's have to implement OpenCable, which will allow any box to interoperate with any MSO, using a pluggable encryption module called a POD.
The better thing is that OpenCable is based on DVB-MHP and DVB-C, which is based on DVB-S. PCI cards for all! (well, sometime around 2006)
Actually, I just did do a plaster-busting job and rewired a good chunk of the house I'm living at. It's not all that hard, really. We put in 6 cat5 jacks, 4 coax, and 2 phones. Total price, including the patch panel was around $400 US.
It's really not that hard, if three nerds can do it to a 1950's era row house.