IE 8 on Windows XP doesn’t supports Virtual SSL name-based hosts over the same port

Symptoms: When you try to load name-based virtual SSL page you get Certificate Error: Navigation Blocked

There is a problem with this website’s security certificate.
The security certificate presented by this website was issued for a different website’s address.
Security certificate problems may indicate an attempt to fool you or intercept any data you send to the server.

It’s really strange, but Internet Explorer ver. 7 and 8 installed on Windows XP does not support Apache virtual name-based host. There is no problem with Firefox and Chorme, even with Internet Explorer installed on Windows Vista ot Windows 7.
The onliest solution is using separate IP addresses for different SSL hosts or using different port numbers for different SSL hosts.

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