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KDS2014
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Aug 12, 2015

Server Name Indication (SNI) question?

Q. is Server Name Indication (SNI) only usable for SSL-TLS/https websites, can it also be used for http websites? SNI, allows the publishing multiple websites using a single virtual IP address.

 

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  • nathe's avatar
    nathe
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    Aug 12, 2015

    KDS2014,

     

    SNI is a TLS protocol implementation and is concerned with overcoming certificate issues with multiple hostnames on a single https VIP.

     

    Multiple websites can be published on one http VIP as there's no certificate/hostname dependency.

     

    Hope this helps,

     

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  • KDS2014's avatar
    KDS2014
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    Aug 12, 2015

    ahhh....I was blind now I see......thanks for that.....