Local SSL connections are causing redirect loop (after Ubuntu update)

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Published on 2010-06-08T11:31:18Z Indexed on 2010/06/08 11:42 UTC
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Following a recent Ubuntu update, my local websites are no longer serving their pages over SSL. For example, my .htaccess file attempts to ensure /sign-in is always served over HTTPS:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /sign-in
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,QSA,R=301]

However when I make a request to /sign-in on the domain site2-local , I get the error "The page isn't redirecting properly" with the following in /var/log/apache2/error.log

[Tue Jun 08 12:20:57 2010] [info] [client 127.0.1.1] Connection to child 0 established (server site1-local:443)
[Tue Jun 08 12:20:57 2010] [info] Seeding PRNG with 656 bytes of entropy
[Tue Jun 08 12:20:57 2010] [info] Initial (No.1) HTTPS request received for child 0 (server site2-local:443)
[Tue Jun 08 12:20:57 2010] [info] Subsequent (No.2) HTTPS request received for child 0 (server site2-local:443)
[Tue Jun 08 12:20:57 2010] [info] Subsequent (No.3) HTTPS request received for child 0 (server site2-local:443)
[Tue Jun 08 12:20:57 2010] [info] Subsequent (No.4) HTTPS request received for child 0 (server site2-local:443)
[Tue Jun 08 12:20:57 2010] [info] Subsequent (No.5) HTTPS request received for child 0 (server site2-local:443)
[Tue Jun 08 12:20:57 2010] [info] Subsequent (No.6) HTTPS request received for child 0 (server site2-local:443)
[Tue Jun 08 12:20:57 2010] [info] Subsequent (No.7) HTTPS request received for child 0 (server site2-local:443)
[Tue Jun 08 12:20:57 2010] [info] Subsequent (No.8) HTTPS request received for child 0 (server site2-local:443)
[Tue Jun 08 12:20:57 2010] [info] Subsequent (No.9) HTTPS request received for child 0 (server site2-local:443)
[Tue Jun 08 12:20:57 2010] [info] Subsequent (No.10) HTTPS request received for child 0 (server site2-local:443)
[Tue Jun 08 12:21:12 2010] [info] [client 127.0.1.1] (70007)The timeout specified has expired: SSL input filter read failed.
[Tue Jun 08 12:21:12 2010] [info] [client 127.0.1.1] Connection closed to child 0 with standard shutdown (server site2-local:443)

There is a connection to site1-local (another site on my machine which shares the certificate), which I don't understand.

Anyone know what is causing this issue?

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