Win32 Binary Builds

[Paul Christmann]

I'm just installing my first Apache server on a W2K box, and I'd like to include SSL support. From browsing this newsgroup and reading the apache docs, it appears that the following statements are true (please correct me if I'm wrong):

1. mod_ssl source is now bundled in Apache 2.X
2. No binary version of Apache 2.X is available with mod_ssl support.
3. Compiling Apache source requires MSVC 5

I've found several links (thanks primarily to "hunter" for links and instructions) to downloading SSL executables built for Windows, and am starting to play with them. But I am left with two questions:

1. Why isn't there an Apache 2.X binary distribution with SSL? As best I can tell, there is an issue with export laws. But why doesn't that same issue apply to non-windows builds?

2. I don't have (nor do I want to purchase) a MS license. Without that, is there any way I can compile Apache 2.X? (I have and use cygwin's gcc and make if that matters)

Thanks,

Paul Christmann


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