Hi! Well said, and the written support from the group is long overdue, as are the well deserved compliments.
I intend to rip out the bundled Apache from my SuSE Pro 7.3 distribution and give the new threaded Apache a go. (I intend to do the same with Netscape, Mozilla and Sendmail while I am at it so I have full control over the key elements of my system beyond Linux itself. SuSE rpms are never up-to-date one these services, even when they are available, so I prefer to do the builds 'the old fashioned way'. Regards to all, George >Hi mod_ssl users, > >As most of you probably know, the development efforts of Apache 2 are >going to result in a product, soon. The current betas are already >stable, mature, fast, portable than ever, strong, and support many >features that we have dreamed about for years, like filtering (I >mention this feature, and not zillion others, because it is important >specifically for SSL). > >Yes, it's true that some of us didn't like various things, and that the >development process was not optimal and took too much time. > >But this effort comes (finally...) to a successful end, and I believe >that everybody who uses SSL (including myself...) should do the >migration. > >Contrary to past versions, this one is a dramatic change in the >integration of SSL. No more patches, no more re-compilations with >"-DEAPI", no more 3rd party modules which cause Apache to crash because >these modules were not compiled using this flag, no more specific >versions of mod_ssl per each version of Apache, no more repeating >merges of the patches of mod_ssl. > >Now, thanks to the filtering feature, mod_ssl is separate, and doesn't >depend on modifications in the core of Apache. > >Thanks to the White House, mod_ssl is not a national secret that can't >be distributed, anymore. > >Thanks to the USPTO, mod_ssl doesn't depend on a protected patent >anymore (it expired. RSA even gave up 2 weeks). > >And thanks to ASF, mod_ssl is a standard part of Apache. > >Any Apache that will be distributed in the future, will include SSL >support (at least optionally), that can be enabled externally by >installing OpenSSL and adding some directives to the httpd.conf. > >Ben did a great job by creating apache_ssl. >Ralf did a great job too, by improving it, and his impressive efforts >and skills that were invested in developing and maintaining mod_ssl. >We all owe a great thank to Ralf for other Open Source projects that he >does, or joins. > >Now it's time to make the next step, and migrate to Apache 2.0. >It still requires some work and testing. >It can happen if we all join this effort. >I am not a member of ASF, but I'm convinced that everybody will accept >you happily. > >-- >Eli Marmor >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >CTO, Founder >Netmask (El-Mar) Internet Technologies Ltd. >__________________________________________________________ >Tel.: +972-9-766-1020 8 Yad-Harutzim St. >Fax.: +972-9-766-1314 P.O.B. 7004 >Mobile: +972-50-23-7338 Kfar-Saba 44641, Israel >______________________________________________________________________ >Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org >User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- George Walsh, Managing Director, CruiseRoutes Division, DSC Directional Services Corp Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
