Hi there, I thought I would just mention something that is probably common knowledge to many, but isn't mentioned in the INSTALL document. (Ralf, could you please include a note to this affect in the INSTALL instructions?) Apache1.*** + mod_ssl does not use threads. However, OpenSSL, if built according to the INSTALL instructions, builds with thread-support (because it is the default for it to do so). This thread support involves using locking around a lot of object manipulation (esp. reference counts). The fact that it is not possible in current Apache/mod_ssl setups to have to threads racing on any kind of object internal to OpenSSL means that any overhead (memory and/or time) relating to these locking mechanisms is wasted. If you want to build OpenSSL without thread-support (and therefore without locking being used internally), add the "no-threads" switch to OpenSSL's "./config" or "perl Configure", depending on which you use. It should make the footprint shrink a little bit, and can only help performance, even if it may not be very noticable in most situations ... Cheers, Geoff ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
