reduce handshake overhead in a reverse mod_proxy (SSL front-end + SSL back-end)

We use mod_proxy and mod_ssl in a reverse proxy configuration; traffic is accepted by the proxy through SSL, and then proxied backwards to another server over SSL. Unfortunately, for application reasons, we *must* proxy backwards via SSL, even through the proxy and the back-end web server are loca

Re: reduce handshake overhead in a reverse mod_proxy (SSL front-end + SSL back-end)

Hi Georg, after I emailed the list, I found this info: http://www.covalent.net/resource/documentation/faststart/2.0.0/userguide/html/sslconfigure.php#1176550 It appears that the Apache/mod_ssl "SSLProxyProtocol" directive lets you limit the ciphers that the proxy will use (as a client) to the ba