[tlrobinson]

Your understanding is incorrect. This is the reason SSL is incompatible with virtual hosts (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Name_Indication)

[rjbond3rd]

It's not! Just use the latest Apache. It works great. I have 30 domains on a single IP, all under SSL.

[tlrobinson]

Then it's using SNI, which I linked to. The request is still encrypted, but the host name is passed unencrypted using SNI.

[mtogo]

Which is great unless you have to deal with IE6 users :(.

[rjbond3rd]

Does MS even support IE6 anymore? Or are people using it without the benefit of security patches? Where I work, IE7 is considered obsolete.

[abraham]

IE6 has extended support until 2014 or market share is under 1%

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_6