Answer by CharlieSummers for How do I resolve the error "SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length" in apache2?

Re: changing from <VirtualHost 123.456.789.0:443> to <VirtualHost default:443>, I found exactly the opposite w/Apache 2.2.15 on CentOS6; when I changed from <VirtualHost _default_:443> to <VirtualHost 123.456.789.0:443>;

I received an error at Apache restart:

[error] VirtualHost 123.456.789.0:443 -- mixing * ports and non-* ports with a NameVirtualHost address is not supported, proceeding with undefined results

yet the cert was served and once an exception was applied the site loaded.

It's all frelling magic...