[HCoop-Help] IP Address Cost/Availability

[Adam Chlipala]

Michal Charemza wrote:
> I'll probably go for the unique IP if it's available, but I'm curious  
> as to how the senario is possible without a unique IP. Looking at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/ssl/ssl_faq.html#vhosts2 
>   (right at the end) it seems to say that SSL hosts on the same IP can  
> be differentiated using port numbers:
>
> - So could I then use mydomain.com:9876 or similar for https?
>
> - If so, then why couldn't I then use a certificate for mydomain.com: 
> 9876, to avoid warnings?
>   

I imagine that this would work.  The main downside is that the average 
savvy web user will think of a URL with a port number as suspicious (and 
rightly so).