I am also in the process of converting from Stronghold to a secure Apache environment,
for reasons of keeping au courant, the friendly and effective support I have
experienced from many people in this group, and of course the cost over 3 servers.
The best single answer to your question, from my experience, is that the mod_ssl pulls
out the actual SSL functionality and places them in a module so you can load
dynamically if you want to. But as a Stronghold user, you will be very familiar with
mod_ssl services. Its just that now you will have a fine measure of control.
The only real problem I experienced was the old bugaboo of randomness but that has now
been resolved for me with the excellent prngd solution.
I wish you well. You won't be disappointed.
George Walsh,
Managing Director,
DSC Directional Services Corp,
Travel Seewise pacific Corp,
Vancouver, Canada
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> On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 10:56:36AM -0600, Robert Covell wrote:
> > A few questions on mod_ssl vs Apache-SSL. Just to say up front that email
> > this is not intended to start a Flame War on the two SSL implementations.
> > We just want to make an educated decision now for the future.
> >
> > Our current setup is on Stronghold and want to migrate to either a mod_ssl
> > or Apache-SSL setup. I have searched both sites and several other areas for
> > pros and cons on each and have found very little beyond the memory
> > management that mod_ssl and Apache-SSL use. Can someone provide any pros
> > and cons for each? Why one should go one way verses the other?
> >
> Take a look at: http://www.modssl.org/docs/apachecon2000/slide-002-n.html
> If you know Stronghold, then mod_ssl will be an easy switch.
>
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