"G.W. Haywood" wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Fred Toth wrote:
>
> > I've just taken a quick look at the modssl site and the apache-ssl site.
> > Does anyone want to comment on the pros and cons of these 2 approaches?
>
> Recently I installed mod_ssl for the first time and although it took
> several attempts to get things done in the right order (and by the
> right user:) there were no real difficulties. Haven't used apache-ssl
> so I can't comment on the relative merits, but if you read the mod_ssl
> docs the decision seems to be easy.
Yea, took me a while to the first couple of times, especially when
trying to create your own certificate or figure out how to obtain and
use a real certificate.
> Apache-1.3.19
> mod_ssl-2.8.1-1.3.19
> mod_perl-1.25 (DSO!)
> openssl-0.9.4
> Linux_2.2.16
> glibc 2.1.3 (*important*)
Why is using glibc 2.1.3 important? It works fine for me with glibc
2.2.2. I'm using the latest versions of openssl (0.9.6) and the Linux
kernel (2.4.x) as well. I'm using Debian, things may differ on other
(I'll leave it at that ;) distributions and operating systems.
The modperl guide (perl.apache.org/guide) has sections on SSL servers as
well. You can basically copy and paste the commands from there, I have
done that.
As for apache-ssl, sorry, I have no clue on that. I have tried using
the debian package called 'apache-ssl', but had horrible luck with
that. I prefer to 'roll my own' apache/mod_ssl/mod_perl mixes anyways
though.
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Regards,
Wim Kerkhoff
