[ppml] "Who's afraid of IPv4 address depletion? Apparentlynoone."

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: ppml-bounces at arin.net [mailto:ppml-bounces at arin.net]On Behalf Of
>Michael Smith
>Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 2:12 PM
>To: Paul Vixie
>Cc: ppml at arin.net
>Subject: Re: [ppml] "Who's afraid of IPv4 address depletion?
>Apparentlynoone."
>

> Since
>most of our sites are SSL-enabled, we really can't use shared-IP
>resources for these hosts, so this is a very real problem.

This isn't true.  You can use a single SSL certificate for multiple
domains on a virtual host using mod_rewrite.  The technique is here:

http://sweon.net/2008/01/hosting-multiple-ssl-vhosts-on-a-single-ipportcerti
ficate-with-apache2

You can simply buy your own SSL cert and charge the customers each a
bit for the use of it.

Of course, if your business model includes you making a profit by
buying SSL certificates in bulk for pennies then selling them to
your customers for tons of money, then I can see how you might be
a little annoyed.  I might also point out that historically, retailers
that merely buy and resell add extremely little value and as a result
customers tend to find ways around them - you might look at a different
business model that has more value add?

Ted