RE: https sharing ip but not certificate

[Peter Mueller <pmueller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Why?  Because the HTTP Host header is encapsulated inside the 
> SSL session,
> and apache (or anything else) can't figure out which SSL cert 
> to use, until
> AFTER decoding the session.  But, to decode the session, it 
> must first send
> the cert to the client.

What about if you use one of those snazzy SSL-hardware decoder boxes, like
the ones Intel sells?