On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 03:17:49PM -0700, Sarah Haff wrote: > We have a webserver that is serving image (gif/jpg) file over SSL. I am > using Apache 2.46 compiled with SSL/PHP/mod_rewrite support. I did not > include any other module. > > The webserver seems to work fine. However if a webpage has mutiple image > files, not all the image files load, and "broken image icons" are shown > instead. Seems like the SSL/HTTP connection is timing out. Is there a way > to increase this timeout period. I don't mind if take a little longer to > load the page, but the user should see all the image file.
Check Cliffs suggestions about SSLSessionCache (the shm type is preferable for performance reasons). Other suggestions could be turning on keepalives and possibly to remove some of the weaker cipher options from SSLCipherSuite. > > Another alternative is to use a HW based SSL solution like nCipher's CHIL. > But I want to make that the last option, since I dont want to re-configure > the HW/application on the server. > How does the cpu usage look on the server? If the load isn't high, then you probably won't win much with an ssl accelerator. > Any ideas on how other sites handle image files over SSL. I need the image > file over SSL, because they are scanned images of confidential information. > Just like any other file type - apache doesn't really care what it is. vh Mads Toftum -- Speaking at ApacheCon 2003 - http://ApacheCon.com/ T03, "Apache 2 mod_ssl tutorial" (3h) WE03, "Troubleshooting Apache configurations" WE11, "Apache mod_rewrite, the Swiss Army Knife of URL manipulation" ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
