IPv6 and HTTPS

Fri Apr 26 13:42:49 UTC 2013

If the hosting provider can still charge for IPv4 addresses, why would
they support SNI or IPv6 SSL ;)

I have seen a CDN using certificates with tons of domain names in
subject alternative name. Old Symbian phones don't support SAN......

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:32 PM, Jay Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Hubbard" <dhubbard at dino.hostasaurus.com>
>
>> The web server has to support it too, which means compiling
>> apache with SNI support and there are of course plenty of
>> hosts running old apache.
>
> Well, sure, but for the hoster, it's a direct benefit, not an externality;
> they have motive to fix it.
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
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