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Posted to docs@httpd.apache.org by "William A. Rowe Jr." <wr...@rowe-clan.net> on 2011/02/02 20:08:47 UTC
Re: svn commit: r1066434 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.xml
On 2/2/2011 5:55 AM, niq@apache.org wrote:
> Author: niq
> Date: Wed Feb 2 11:55:47 2011
> New Revision: 1066434
>
> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1066434&view=rev
> Log:
> DrBacchus says Fix-a-docs-bug
> PR 50396
> Historical reasons for using IP-based virtualhosting no longer deserve
> to be featured in our docs.
> + name-based virtual hosting unless you are using equipment
> + that explicitly demands IP-based hosting. Historical reasons for
> + IP-based virtual hosting based on client support are no longer
> + applicable to a general-purpose web server.</p>
Is this so? Unless the vast majority of browser *clients* support SNI now,
removing that particular note seems premature.
In coming years, even that paragraph won't make much sense, but it sure still
seems relevant at the present time.
Does anyone have pointers to a commercial site/isp which has completely
dropped by-IP hosting for SSL in favor of SNI? Does anyone have information
about how prevalent SNI support is for active clients?
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Re: svn commit: r1066434 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/vhosts/name-based.xml
Posted by Rich Bowen <rb...@rcbowen.com>.
On Feb 2, 2011, at 2:08 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote:
> On 2/2/2011 5:55 AM, niq@apache.org wrote:
>> Author: niq
>> Date: Wed Feb 2 11:55:47 2011
>> New Revision: 1066434
>>
>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1066434&view=rev
>> Log:
>> DrBacchus says Fix-a-docs-bug
>> PR 50396
>> Historical reasons for using IP-based virtualhosting no longer deserve
>> to be featured in our docs.
>
>> + name-based virtual hosting unless you are using equipment
>> + that explicitly demands IP-based hosting. Historical reasons for
>> + IP-based virtual hosting based on client support are no longer
>> + applicable to a general-purpose web server.</p>
>
> Is this so? Unless the vast majority of browser *clients* support SNI now,
> removing that particular note seems premature.
>
> In coming years, even that paragraph won't make much sense, but it sure still
> seems relevant at the present time.
>
> Does anyone have pointers to a commercial site/isp which has completely
> dropped by-IP hosting for SSL in favor of SNI? Does anyone have information
> about how prevalent SNI support is for active clients?
While SNI is supported by "most browsers", the actual most-prevalent browsers in the actual internet audience don't support it.
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Rich Bowen
rbowen@rcbowen.com
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