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: Which browsers support SNI? Because of the way web servers and SSL work, previously a dedicated IP address was required for running an SSL certificate on a domain. But with a new technique

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Because of the way web servers and SSL work, previously a dedicated IP address was required for running an SSL certificate on a domain.

But with a new technique (SNI, abbreviation for Server Name Indication) this is no longer a requirement. So which browsers do and do not support SNI?

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It should be noted that the following list has not been updated since November 2014.

The following browsers do support SNI:


Internet Explorer 7 or newer, on Windows Vista or newer.
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or later
Opera 8.0 or newer (TLS 1.1 protocol needs to be enabled)
Opera Mobile with at least version 10.1 bèta on Android
Google Chrome (Vista or newer. XP on Chrome 6 or newer)
OS X 10.5.7 or newer on Chrome 5.0.342.1 or newer
Safari 2.1 or later (Mac OS X 10.5.6 or newer and Windows Vista or newer)
Konqueror/KDE 4.7 or newer
MobileSafari in Apple iOS 4.0 or newer
Android default browser on Honeycomb or newer
Windows Phone 7
MicroB on Maemo


The following browsers do not support SNI:


Internet Explorer, all versions, Windows XP
Safari, Windows XP
BlackBerry Browser
Windows Mobile 6.5 and lower
Android 2.x default browser


The following HTTP (web) servers do support SNI:


Apache 2.2.12 or newer with mod_ssl
F5 Networks Local Traffic Manager with version 11.1 or newer
LiteSpeed 4.1 or newer
Pound 2.6 or newer
Apache Tomcat or Java 7 or newer
Microsoft Internet Information Server IIS 8
PageKite tunneling reverse proxy


The following HTTP (web) servers do not support SNI:


IBM HTTP Server


Edit: Apparently there's a more complete list at Wikipedia :) (thanks @Tom Brossman)

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