Multiple Web Sites and SSL

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Multiple Web Sites and SSL

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Date: 27 Oct 2006
Time: 13:44:33 -0400

Comments:

We have a server at work that handles 4 web sites. We are running IIS6 and 
have to have at least on secure page on each web site.

Standard Port for SSL is 443. The problem is that you can only have one Web 
Site (application) using an SSL port.

We solved the problem by using non-standard ports 8443, 8444,8445,8446 - one 
for each site.

This works fine for most cases. The problem is that we now find that you 
will have problems with companies that have Proxy servers. They apparently 
have only 443 open for SSL by default. So any company that signs up with us 
that have a Proxy Server would have to modify the Proxy to allow one of 
these non-standard ports. Not really a good idea.

The only way around this problem (that I can figure out) is to have one 
Server for each Web Site. Very expensive. Especially since a couple of these 
sites have very little traffice (at the moment).

So if I have 6 web sites I would need 6 servers.

Is there a better way around this problem?

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