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Upgrading to TLS Within HTTP

         

salmontres

3:24 pm on Dec 23, 2011 (gmt 0)

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Hi everyone,

I'm trying to upgrade an HTTP connection to a secure HTTPS connection through TLS over the same TCP connection.

I'm not trying to use the Server Name Indication method, nor am I using the SubjectAltName route outlined in Wikipedia. (Neither method can be employed well if multiple hosts are sharing the same connection.)

[en.wikipedia.org...]
(The main issue is outlined in the Name-Based section of Virtual Hosting.)

I'm actually trying to follow up with the strategies in this RFC:

[ietf.org...]

However, I can't seem to find more information on it? Has anyone had a similar problem? How did you handle it?

To sum up, I'm trying to initialize TLS on an HTTP connection to upgrade to a secure connection. The RFC mentioned outlines a strategy, but I haven't found any further information on this, nor have I found any instances where it's been carried out.

Any info/advice would be greatly appreciated!