[Techtalk] SSL and name-based virtual hosting

[Katie Bechtold]

I read the following in the documentation for Apache 2.0:

"Name-based virtual hosting cannot be used with SSL secure servers
because of the nature of the SSL protocol."

I'm curious about that statement.  Despite running an SSL-enabled
web server, I know little about SSL.  What is it about the SSL
protocol that is incompatible with name-based virtual hosting?

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