Sriram Natarajan wrote:
> 
> Seema Alevoor wrote:
>>> - Should the file not be simply called 'ssl.conf' 
>>>     
>> Can be changed.
>>
>>   
>>> instead of 'httpd-ssl.conf'
>>>     
>> Named "httpd-ssl.conf" just to be consistent with the Apache conf naming 
>> convention.
>>   
> All the files within conf.d need to have the file naming convention 
> hence requesting for ssl.conf
>>   

Fine. Will change it to ssl.conf

>>>     
>> But I think it is common to define ServerName inside a VirtualHost. Why 
>> should it be commented ?
>>
>>   
> I am not sure, what do you mean by 'common'.  Since, we don't know what 

By 'common' I mean "widely used".

> the actual host name is going to be at the customer end, this could be 
> simply commented out and customer can enable it.  Please note 
> 'ServerName' is not a required value. 

It is not a required value but a recommended one. Apache doc says
"For optimal reliability and predictability, you should specify an explicit 
hostname
and port using the ServerName directive.For optimal reliability and 
predictability,
you *should* specify an explicit hostname and port using the ServerName 
directive."

> Setting 'ServerName' to loop back IP address is definitely not the right 
> thing to do. 

Again, localhost or 127.0.0.1 for ServerName, is also widely used.



-- Seema.



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