> domain names are exposed in plain-text within the https request Which exposes nothing more than the previous solution of having one ip per https domain, whic

> domain names are exposed in plain-text within the https request Which exposes nothing more than the previous solution of having one ip per https domain, which made it just as obvious what domain you were connecting to. Putting the domain in the request allowed people running the servers to host any number of sites from the same ip. A convenience for the operators that exposed nothing new for the consumers.