diff xml/en/docs/http/configuring_https_servers.xml @ 658:bd81a71006fe

Documented that most browsers won't pass an IP address as a server name in an SNI during SSL handshake.
author Ruslan Ermilov <ru@nginx.com>
date Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:15:17 +0000
parents 130fad6dc1b4
children 77a3314c74a7
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--- a/xml/en/docs/http/configuring_https_servers.xml
+++ b/xml/en/docs/http/configuring_https_servers.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <article name="Configuring HTTPS servers"
          link="/en/docs/http/configuring_https_servers.html"
          lang="en"
-         rev="1"
+         rev="2"
          author="Igor Sysoev"
          editor="Brian Mercer">
 
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ However, SNI has limited browser support
 Currently it is supported starting with the following browsers versions:
 </para>
 
+<para>
 <list type="bullet">
 
 <listitem>
@@ -400,6 +401,11 @@ and Chrome (Windows version supports SNI
 </listitem>
 
 </list>
+<note>
+If a server is accessed by an IP address, most browsers will
+not pass it as a server name during the SSL handshake.
+</note>
+</para>
 
 <para>
 In order to use SNI in nginx, it must be supported in both the