Originally, SSL required using a separate i.p. address for every host that wanted to use SSL. The reason was because the security certificate wasn't sent until

Originally, SSL required using a separate i.p. address for every host that wanted to use SSL. The reason was because the security certificate wasn't sent until after the secure connection was made. That precluded choosing the certificate on hostname. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/517336/apache-name-virtual-host-with-ssl http://stackoverflow.com/questions/517336/apache-name-virtua... Apache HTTPD supports SNI since version 2.2.12.