Sounds like you would like the emerging Lunar-Linux release that is built from source on the target machine. Take a look at
http://Lunar-Linux.org It still has a lot of work to be done, but it looks like it is headed the right direction. It has great tools for keeping a remote server up to date without needing a GUI. --Richard On Friday 05 April 2002 11:45 am, George Walsh wrote: > 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] -- Richard B. Pyne [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
