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Multiple HTTPS sites on one Apache server + Internet Explorer + Windows XP = Instant Headache

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I host multiple secure sites on my Apache2 server, and each has its own SSL cert. In any modern browser, this is fine. However, I tried to access one of the sites in IE on an old XP box... only to be presented with a certificate error.

Basically, let's say I have two virtualhosts, sitea.com and siteb.com, and each has an SSL cert corresponding to the site's name. On a modern browser, both https://sitea.com and https://siteb.com work fine. In IE, however, https://sitea.com works, but https://siteb.com throws a certificate error (the browser erroneously thinks it's running under site a's cert).

Looking this up, I found to my dismay that there are many (admittedly outdated) clients that do not support multiple SSL certs (SNI). This is a disaster - I really need those sites to work in all browsers.

Is there any conceivable way, no matter how hacky/technical, to fix this issue?

TL;DR FUCK IE

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