apache2 and ssl

[thomas lörtsch <thomas@stray.net>]

hi,

i installed apache2.0.53 via apt-get on debian sarge. now i'm 
struggling to get ssl running. among other things it took me a while to 
find out that the command to start apache2 with ssl-support is 
"apachec2ctl startssl". but now i'm stuck in a strange situation: ssl 
only works when the "default" configuration is empty - no "normal" 
virtual hosts beside the ssl-enabled hosts.

i tried virtual-host directives like this:
<VirtualHost *>
	-> [Sun Mar 13 00:01:29 2005] [error] VirtualHost _default_:443 -- 
mixing * ports and
	   non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, 
proceeding with undefined
	   results
	-> curl: (35) error:140770FC:SSL 
routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:unknown protocol

and like this:
<VirtualHost *:81>
	-> [Sat Mar 12 23:58:01 2005] [error] VirtualHost _default_:443 -- 
mixing * ports and
	   non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, 
proceeding with undefined
	   results
	   [Sat Mar 12 23:58:01 2005] [error] VirtualHost *:81 -- mixing * 
ports and non-* ports
	   with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, proceeding with 
undefined results
	-> curl: (35) error:140770FC:SSL 
routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:unknown protocol

and like this:
<VirtualHost 123.456.78.9>
	-> curl: (35) error:140770FC:SSL 
routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:unknown protocol

the ssl-hosts-directive looks like this:
<VirtualHost _default_:443>
as i said: it works fine as long as no other non-ssl-host is around.

while the apache2-installation listens per default on port 81 another 
apache1.3.33 does the work on port 80. it has no ssl.

can anybody help?

ciao
thomas

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