[HCoop-Discuss] Regarding https

[Tanveer Singh]

On Dec 27, 2007 5:31 PM, docelic <docelic at mire.hcoop.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 05:26:33PM +0530, Tanveer Singh wrote:
> > On Dec 20, 2007 8:10 AM, Adam Chlipala <adamc at hcoop.net> wrote:
> > > Davor Ocelic wrote:
> > > > You can use https over a "common thing". Take look at
> > > > examples on the Wiki for mwolson.org and spinlocksolutions.com.
> > > > They both manage to have https over a non-private IP.
> > > >
> > >
> > > The availability of examples is no cure for a manual section that is
> > > missing a description of an option.  Would someone who's down with how
> > > this solution works please update the appropriate subpage of MemberManual?
> > >
> > Hi, Sorry to trouble you again, but I can't make out head or tail from
> > the examples.
> > I just want that apart from accessing http://www.ihro.in, I should see
> > the same page at https://www.ihro.in
> > That site uses a subdomain called secure.
>
> Well yes, and you will not use 'secure', you will just
> re-use the name www.ihro.in (or ihro.in if you use serverAliasDefault).
>
> The domtool thing maps pretty well onto Apache. So if you know that
> Apache definition for a vhost on port 80 does not clash with a
> vhost on 443 (ssl), that is - that you can re-define names such
> as www.ihro.in, then you're set.
>
> Let me know if you need more help besides this clarification.
>
> Cya,
> -doc
I am still confused.
I just want data to pass through an encrypted connection, thats all.
Is there a bare minimum example somewhere on wiki, I only found stuff
which uses IP addresses. I understand IP addresses are at a premium,
so I don't want to block one unnecessarily