SSL and Apache

[Carl Parrish]

Alex Dean wrote:

> It's not so bad.  The main things are :
>
>  - You can't have more than 1 SSL site per IP:port combination.
>  - You have to specify a port for every virtual host (80, 443, or  
> otherwise) in the <VirtualHost>.  There are differences in using  
> named virtual hosts vs. ip-based virtual hosts that can be confusing,  
> but if you only have 1 IP <VirtualHost *:80> or <VirtualHost *:443>  
> will do fine.
>
> The only directives you need in the VirtualHost are :
> SSLEngine On
> SSLCertificateFile file.crt
> SSLCertificateKeyFile file.key
>
> Other directives may be desireable/useful, but those 3 will make it  
> 'go'.
>
> alex
> .
>
Alex,
I currently only have one IP on this computer but I need to set up 3 
secure virtual hosts. Would it be better / safer / easier to change ip 
addresses or port numbers for the others? I've added IP addresses before 
so its not *that* big of a deal but please keep in mind I'm more of a 
programmer than a system admin.